[exile]

Tax Benefits???? It's obvious this guy doesn't have a background in accounting. I'm a CPA, and it's common knowledge that most married couples end up paying more in taxes than they would if they were single. Hasn't he heard of the marriage penalty?

[You Dirty Rats]

Right you are! I am also a financial professional. I know of one married couple who paid about $4,000 more in taxes last year because they were married instead of shacking up - my wife & I.

Married seniors also get shafted. That's one reason why many retired widows and widowers just live in sin instead of marriage. It's too much of a financial penalty.