re: Newly married filling taxes next year

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run it both ways but I haven't run across a situation where separately was better than joint

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We file separately due to student loans, as the OP mentioned he has.

He's just going to have to run the numbers.

Of course filing separately gives up eligibility for some credits and essentially makes direct ROTH contributions impossible, but we don't qualify for any of that stuff anyways.