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    Sep 16, 2007, 07:11 AM
    File single or file separate
    I am engaged to marry a woman who lives in Switzerland. We both have sizable incomes and we do not want to pay substantially more taxes in either country. Currently I file single. When I simply changed the status of my filing in TurboTax from single to Married filing separately, the tax burden increased. Why did this happen? Am I doing something wrong?
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    Sep 17, 2007, 08:28 AM
    Tax burden increased if you included your spouse's income. If your income was the same prior to and subsequent to changing status, an error occurred with software.
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    Sep 17, 2007, 08:34 AM
    Agree to an extent. The "marriage penalty" was revoked several years ago.

    However, filing MFS does invoke some prohibitions on your return that may affect the tax you owe. I do not have enough information to determine if any of the prohibitions apply to you.
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