<prompt> Human: Hi Reddit. Im in a situation where me and my wife are happily married. We are in our mid-late-20s and are very very much in love. We dontwont have kids. Both of us are hardworking professionals and I make around 210kyr and my wife makes around 80kyr, we also make about 20kyr from our 2 rental properties. As a result, we end up paying a crazy amount of taxes due to the fact that: A significant amount of our income is in the higher tax bracket We live in California, which has an absurd state tax We are hitting the AMT high rate 175,000 for joint We are at a income situation where most of deductionscredits have completely phased out.Last year I had to write the IRS a huge check and the amount of taxes we have to pay is adversely affecting our financial situation. We have 2 rental properties with mortgages but are cash flow positive and a big mortgage on our primary residence. As with most californians, we also pay a huge property tax and Mello-roos HOA. As a result, even though it seems like we make quite a bit of money, I actually feel pretty poor due to all the expenses we have.Things Ive already done to ease my tax burden We both max out or 401k plan in order to defer as much money as possible to retirement We both also max out our employer provided stock purchase options so that we can defer some of our income into potential future capital gains However, both of these measures seems to only to lower the cash we have on hand and make us feel even more poor.With the upcoming hike in Medicare Payroll Tax Obamacare as well as the way AMT tax treats married and single people 175,000 for both cases!, Im starting to wonder if I will be better off by getting a divorce. Heres my rational: Since i make significantly more than my wife, by using alimony to transfer income to her, I will be able to avoid the AMT high rate of 175,000 which would apply to us if we file jointly. But if Im able to transfer my income to her, both of us can then stay under the 175,000 AMT rate. The obamacare tax applies to income above 200,000 for individuals but 250,000 for married couples. If Im able to transfer wealth to my wife, we can both stay under the 200,000 limit for the obamacare tax. by reducing one of our income to a lower level, I might be able to take advantage of tax deductions which would otherwise phase out for us, such as rental losses.I did some back-of-the-napkin calculations and it seems like indeed I can have some significant tax savings by getting a divorce. I talked to my wife about this and shes totally on board with this as shes a very rational person. Has anyone ever heard of something like this? Can this backfire on me in some way? Is it legal to get a divorce for this reason? Reddit I would love to hear your thoughtsadvice.Edit correction of tax bracket  <response>: I saw an article that talked about this a while ago... ah, here is is: I still think its a horrible idea though, primarily from a relationship standpoint but also from a financial complexity standpoint. And how much is it gonna save, maybe 10k? Not worth it. Even if it was substantially more, still not worth it in my opinion.Cut some expenses instead. 