I think it refers to the fact that when each of the two married taxpayers earn about the same amount of money and they file jointly, they have to pay more tax than they would've had they filed separately. If they earn quite different amounts of money, it's not a problem.
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Date: 2004-01-21 05:56 am (UTC)From:I thought that legislation had changed that, but apparently there's an end date for such change. Go here for more: http://www.bankrate.com/brm/itax/tax_watch/20010209a.asp