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Make Marriage Great Again Act of 2025
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the marriage penalty in the income tax rate brackets.
Summary
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the federal income tax brackets for married couples filing jointly. For tax years beginning after December 31, 2024, married filing jointly tax brackets would be set at exactly double the single filer brackets. The bill eliminates certain provisions of the tax code that currently contribute to tax differences between married and single filers. It removes the distinction that creates different tax treatment for married couples, making their brackets directly proportional to single filer brackets. The bill applies to tax years beginning in 2025 and later.
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Sponsor (1)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to W. Gregory Steube’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- CHENEY BROTHERS $7,800
- NEXTGEN MANAGEMENT $6,600
- STEPHENS, INC. $6,600
- NEPTUNE WELLNESS SOLUTIONS $6,600
- COOLTODAY $6,600
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for W. Gregory Steube → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Jan 9, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. · house
- Jan 9, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 9, 2025
Mr. Steube introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the marriage penalty in the income tax rate brackets.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Make Marriage Great Again Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF MARRIAGE PENALTY IN INCOME TAX RATE BRACKETS.
(a) In General.—Section 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
“(k) Elimination of Marriage Penalty.—In the case of any taxable year beginning after December 31, 2024—
“(1) in lieu of the table which would otherwise apply under subsection (a) or (j)(2)(A) for such taxable year, the table which applies under subsection (c) or (j)(2)(C), respectively, shall apply determined by substituting for each dollar amount contained therein a dollar amount which is twice such dollar amount (as otherwise in effect for such taxable year),
“(2) subsection (c) shall be applied without regard to the phrase ‘who is not a married individual (as defined in section 7703)’, and
“(3) subsections (d) and (j)(2)(D) shall not apply.”.
(b) Effective Date.—The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024. <all>
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