Not exact matches
The arrangement to
marry and to live in the U.S.
usually involves several months of legal
filing.
The hero is
usually, and not at all coincidentally, a
married forty or fiftysomething suburban dad who spends most of his time
filing paperwork but can still kick ass when the occasion warrants, a role tailored for Harrison Ford.
In my experience,
filing separately is
usually not a good option for most
married couples.
Usually when we discuss the concept of
File & Suspend we're talking about
married (or previously
married) folks.
Filing jointly
usually puts you in a lower tax bracket than you'd be in if you
filed individually; the standard deduction for a
married couple is higher than if each goes it alone; you can
usually make bigger IRA contributions if you
file together.
Married filing jointly
usually has better tax consequences than
filing head of household.
Claiming this deduction
usually makes sense if you
file as single or are
married filing jointly and your itemized expenses are less than what's allowed for the standard deduction.
You
usually must be
married to
file together.
Personal driving history will
usually have the biggest impact on insurance rates, which means that getting
married likely won't reduce your insurance rates dramatically if your driving history is filled with accidents and multiple
filed claims.
For example, getting car insurance after marriage or buying a house
usually mean cheaper rates, because
married people and homeowners tend to
file fewer claims.
You can
usually continue to enjoy the tax benefits of
filing joint
married returns, and you both retain inheritance rights from the other.
If both you and your spouse have income, you should
usually figure your tax on both a joint return and separate returns (using the
filing status of
married filing separately) to see which gives the two of you the lower combined tax.