{
  "id": "marriage-tax-calculator",
  "version": "7.0.0",
  "name": "Marriage Tax Calculator",
  "shortName": "Marriage Tax",
  "description": "Compare a simplified 2026 federal estimate for two single filers with married filing jointly.",
  "category": "Finance",
  "categorySlug": "finance",
  "keywords": [
    "marriage",
    "tax"
  ],
  "status": "live",
  "workStatus": "pending",
  "reviewStatus": "pending",
  "migrationStatus": "migrated",
  "migratedDate": "2026-08-18",
  "engine": "legacy-react",
  "creator": null,
  "reviewer": null,
  "quality": {
    "availability": "live",
    "technicalReviewRecord": "/reviews/marriage-tax-calculator.json",
    "qualifiedReview": "pending",
    "qualifiedReviewer": null,
    "qualifiedReviewDate": null,
    "formulaVersion": "7.0.0",
    "referenceCoverage": "references-listed",
    "releaseTestScope": "Catalog and regression checks are not a professional formula audit; consult release evidence.",
    "historicalMetadataDate": "2026-08-18",
    "historicalMetadataNotice": "The imported date is not evidence of a completed human review."
  },
  "notice": "Tax estimate only; not tax advice.",
  "urls": {
    "page": "/calculator/marriage-tax-calculator/",
    "definition": "/calculator/marriage-tax-calculator/definition.json",
    "schema": "/calculator/marriage-tax-calculator/schema.json",
    "llms": "/calculator/marriage-tax-calculator/llms.txt",
    "legacyDefinition": "/calculator/marriage-tax-calculator.json"
  },
  "queryExample": "https://askcalculators.com/calculator/marriage-tax-calculator/?income1=60000&income2=50000",
  "queryParameters": {
    "income1": {
      "label": "Partner 1 Income ($)",
      "type": "number",
      "required": false,
      "default": 60000
    },
    "income2": {
      "label": "Partner 2 Income ($)",
      "type": "number",
      "required": false,
      "default": 50000
    }
  },
  "inputs": [
    {
      "id": "income1",
      "label": "Partner 1 Income ($)",
      "type": "number",
      "defaultValue": 60000
    },
    {
      "id": "income2",
      "label": "Partner 2 Income ($)",
      "type": "number",
      "defaultValue": 50000
    }
  ],
  "outputs": [
    {
      "id": "result",
      "label": "Result",
      "format": "text",
      "primary": true
    }
  ],
  "formula": {
    "expression": "Marriage difference = tax as two single filers − tax as married filing jointly, using 2026 standard deductions and brackets.",
    "note": "Compares simplified federal tax under two filing assumptions; it does not model credits, itemized deductions, or all filing-status rules."
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "label": "Reproducible default-input example (not a personal recommendation)",
      "inputs": {
        "income1": 60000,
        "income2": 50000
      }
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "IRS 2026 tax inflation adjustments",
      "url": "https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-releases-tax-inflation-adjustments-for-tax-year-2026-including-amendments-from-the-one-big-beautiful-bill"
    }
  ]
}