The SSI marriage penalty can cost couples up to $484 a month, forcing many to choose between love and financial security.

An NPR investigation of SSI — a program run by the Social Security Administration — found that many disabled people get caught by this "marriage penalty," a left-over rule from decades ago ...

The SSI 'marriage penalty' can reduce or eliminate benefits for recipients who marry, threatening their financial and ...

I analyzed survey data from actual low-income couples in urban areas and found that marriage penalties in the EITC were much more common than marriage bonuses, with between 42 and 48 percent of ...

So how did this bill treat the marriage penalty? It didn't eliminate it entirely, but it did lessen its reach. Promise: The tax bill "eliminates the marriage penalty" A "marriage penalty" occurs ...

This phenomenon is known as the marriage penalty, and it most often happens when the two spouses each have similar and fairly high amounts of income. However, as you'll see, there are some ...

Spouses who earned similar amounts of money – especially those considered high earners – often found themselves subject to a marriage tax penalty. "The marriage tax penalty means that when you ...

FOUR RECENT PROPOSALS TO END THE MARRIAGE PENALTY The Senate will soon consider the Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Act of 2000 (H.R. 6), which the U.S. House of Representatives passed in February to ...

But, in the United States, a system of joint tax returns results in a marriage penalty for some, and a marriage bonus for others. The marriage penalty is the additional taxes that couples pay ...

As June approaches and more brides walk down the aisle, America will hear a lot more about the “marriage penalty,” not from blissful couples but from office-seeking politicians. The so-called ...

Lori has advocated for several years to eliminate marriage penalties, particularly the less well known and addressed kind that affects her situation. Marrying a non-disabled person would cause ...

From this perspective, lower-income Americans weigh the simple financial benefits and penalties of marriage and childbearing vis-à-vis social welfare programs, and maximize their short-term ...