<prompt> Human: Hello PF,Just wanted to check in to see what your opinions were regarding married status on taxes.I am not sure if there are advantages or disadvantages towards claiming married status before actually getting married. I get married in 3 months, to the exact date tomorrow.I am the only who will be working out of the two of us to start. Making around 65k per year. She is graduating in May and will be lookingfor a job, but at first ill be the only one supporting the both of us. The only debt we have will be her student loans which are at 11k. Our wedding is paid in full in cash same as the honeymoon. Supporting two of us will be little tight, no need for credit cards and such but paying less in taxes every month would help me out now to be able to make a short emergency fund. Using online calculators I would be paying about 400-500 less in taxes every month if I claim married now.Just wanted to see if there was any bad reason to not do this. The tax filing just asks if you got married during the year, not having a minimum time like half the year.Thanks in advance.  <response>: If you were married as of December 31st of the year you are filing for, no matter how long you have been married, then you are considered married for that year. You would then be required to file either as married filing jointly or married filing separately. 