The cost of being single

Examining why there is a tax on being single and how those in couples can avoid hitting friends with double taxation.

In My Humble Opinion

About six weeks ago, my editor at Bloomberg asked if I wanted to write a piece about the “singles tax.” Keep in mind that I write opinion editorials (op-ed) stories, which means I usually need a “hot take” of some sort in my pieces. It felt strange at first to write an article about the singles tax as a married person. However, the f…