The newlyweds found they were paying more than 30 percent more in income tax after marriage than before, when they filed as individuals.
仔細研究之後，他們發現，結婚第一年夫妻可以分開報稅，那麼只要在年底離婚，次年三月報稅時，就可以分開申報；過了年再結婚，當年又不必合併報稅。