marriage bonus

marriage bonus. Tax. The difference between the reduced income-tax liability owed by a married couple filing a joint income-tax return and the greater amount they would have owed had they been single and filed individually. — Also termed singles’ penalty. Cf. MARRIAGE PENALTY.

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