<prompt> Human: I am sure I am doing something wrong, but my wife and I do alright income wise together 100k before tax combined, we own a house have high property tax etc.. When I run everything thru software, we owe a grand, if I simply select to file separate the fed owes us a grand. What am I missing?  <response>: Watch that, then the video after it. It breaks down the difference between the two, and the marriage penalty that exists for some people. 