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Edited on Tue May-20-08 08:24 PM by PelosiFan
Oh yeah, and while we're at it, we also have to pay taxes on domestic partner benefits, unlike straight married people. They take a bite when they deduct the employee portion from our pay (in that it comes out of our income after taxes are deducted, as opposed to before tax income, which lessens the tax burden for straight married people), and they take a bite after by charging us tax on the portion that the employer pays (which straight married people never have to pay).
Here's a simplistic example:
Straight married person: Gross Monthly income: $2,000 Family health deduction (before taxes): 200 Taxable income: 1,800 Taxes: 450 Actual take home pay: $1,350 Gay married person Gross Monthly income: $2,000 Family health deduction (after taxes): 200 Value of Employer health benefit (not imposed on straight people): 400 Taxable income: 2,600 Taxes: 650 Actual take home pay: $1,150
The gay person is paying taxes on an implied income of 800 more than the straight person, and ends up with $200 less a month to live on. In addition to that, when filing taxes, since they have to file separately, they are also over-taxed then if there is any disparity in the income, which there very often is in both straight and gay relationships.
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