<prompt> Human: Fiancé 28M and I 25F have known each other for 8 years, dating for 3 years long distance. I work in the US and earn 70,000 USDyear. Fiancé is a student in Canada, he interns once a year and earns about 12,000 CAD. We have no children, and I help him pay his tuition 2000USDsemester. He will be done with school in Canada August 2018. We plan to get married in September 2018, but would it be better for us tax-wise to get married end of December 2017 so that we can file jointly on our taxes? Our families are getting together in Mexico for Christmas, and we could get married there. My financial Situation: I have 30,000 in student loan debt. Interest is at 4.5 I do not own a house, rent is 775month Car is all paid off. I also help him with airfare once in a while. I have 11,000 in savings In 401K I have 20,000 To save money, he lives with his parents in Canada. I am meeting with an accountant later this week to discuss our situation. But I wanted to hear PFs input.  <response>: Honestly if everyone is expecting a September 2018 wedding, you could go through with getting the marriage license and become legally married in December, and then have the actual ceremony in September 18. 