<prompt> Human: I am trying to weigh the pros and cons for putting myself on her loans. I know a little about investing and living frugally, but not much about the advantages or disadvantages of being added as a responsible party for her loans. Here is our situation. She is finishing her Masters degree and should be able to start working in the second half of this year earning between 50 and 60k a year. I will still be the primary wage earner making around 90k. My credit is better than hers, but not by much, and were both have scores over 750. I have effectively no debt. She has about 70k in student loans. Right now we are not making payments on them, but plan to begin immediately when she starts working, and dedicate her entire salary to paying them off. We can easily live comfortably on my salary alone. We have six months of savings, a healthy 401k, and a small ROTH IRA.We share a primary checking account, and keep all of our savings in an ING account that I am the sole owner of.Will there be any tax or other benefits to listing me as a debtor on her loans? Or would it be better to just leave them in her name without adding me?This may be a silly question, but Im a novice in this area.FYI, My wife and I are happily married and completely trust one another. While untimely death is a possibility, ugly breakups and things of that nature are not something we are factoring in.TL;DR is there any advantage to making myself legally obligated to pay off my wifes student loans, or should we not even bother since we plan to pay them off very quickly?edited for accuracy  <response>: No there isnt any benefit to doing so. Youre filing jointly anyway so any interest deductions will go to both of you. 