Married filing separately: How to decide if married filing jointly or separately is best for you
Should you file your taxes as “married filing jointly” or “married filing separately?” Here’s how to decide.
4 min read
Apr 03, 2025
Mallika Mitra is a freelance writer and editor focused on taxes, retirement planning, investing and more. She was previously a writer and editor at Money, where she wrote a weekly newsletter about investing, and a wide range of stories on meme stocks, crypto, generational investing trends and more. Her work can also be found in Bloomberg News, CNBC, Business Insider and The Wall Street Journal's Buy Side, among other places.
Should you file your taxes as “married filing jointly” or “married filing separately?” Here’s how to decide.
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