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| It all depends on your joint income.
My wife and I together earn around 150K p.a. If we paid tax as individuals, it would be around 2-3K a year cheaper where we are, as it is not offset by a lower tax for married people. It is often referred to as the "Heiratsstrafe" (or marriage penalty). With the increase in de-facto relationships, two-income married couple are being more and more penalised.
They are looking into changing the law to equalise this discrimination, but I don't expect anything in a hurry. | |
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Or you mean that de-facto couples are becoming less and less penalised
I think the whole idea of increasing tax on married people is a little perverse, and is a very good reason not to get married! The only time the present system is advantageous is when only 1 of the married partners works...
Lob Rockster - of course your tax bill comes up smelling of roses - but the rest of Switzerland doesn't live in a tax haven canton! So go ahead and gloat away, but I doubt it will make you any friends
