If we get married out of love, this commitment is also synonymous with tax changes. In some cases, the newlyweds even make great savings.
Before marriage or the PACS (Civil Solidarity Pact), the two cohabits each represent a tax household. They declare and pay their taxes each on their side. And if marriage is an act of love, it actually changes a number of administrative and tax things. This commitment, which comes to seal your union, gives you the right to significant tax advantages and requires changes whose way you will declare your taxes.
When should I declare my marriage to taxes?
Have you just got married? Congratulations ! You will therefore now make a single tax declaration and will form a single tax household. This is a legal obligation which is essential from the first year of your marriage. Marriage must thus be reported within 60 days to the administration in order to adapt your withholding tax to your new situation. Your rate and deposits will be immediately adjusted. The first joint declaration will be the following year and will have to include all the income and charges of the two spouses for the whole year. If the declaration is filed in common by the spouses (its), the tax must be paid jointly by the couple. If the couple has opted for the separate taxation of income, the tax is claimed personally from each by the tax administration.
Wedding and taxes: How much will I save?
Marriage allows you to benefit from two shares (couple without children) for the calculation of your tax. A couple with a child will have 2.5 parts, 3 parts with two children, and then an additional part per child. It is the number of shares and the amount of your income that makes it possible to determine your tax bracket according to a progressive scale. It is for this reason that we say that getting married allows you to pay less taxes, thanks to this famous part won.
But in fact, marriage is especially interesting on a tax level for couples whose spouses will have very different income. Imagine for example that Anne earns 50,000 euros per year and Paul 15,000 euros. The latter is not taxable while his partner pays a lot of taxes. If they get married, the operation turns out to be very interesting for Anne who wins a part and will therefore be less imposed. On the other hand, for a couple whose two spouses have income which is quite similar, the taxation will be almost the same after marriage.
