119th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 320Make Marriage Great Again Act of 2025

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the marriage penalty in the income tax rate brackets.

Taxation
Introduced Jan 9, 2025
Last action Jan 9, 2025
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This bill modifies the federal income tax rate brackets for married individuals filing joint federal income tax returns so that they are twice the amount of the federal income tax rate brackets for unmarried individuals filing federal income tax returns (thus eliminating the tax effect commonly known as the marriage penalty). Further, the bill eliminates the federal income tax rate brackets for married individuals filing separate federal income tax returns for tax years beginning after December 31, 2024. (An income tax rate bracket is a range of income that is taxed at a specific percentage to determine an individual’s income tax liability.) Thus, under the bill, the federal income tax rate...

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Jan 9, 2025
Introduced in House
Jan 9, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.