<prompt> Human: I had a few thoughtsquestions regarding combining incomes with my gf. Weve been dating for three years, moved cross country together, live together etc. She has a sizeable amount of student loan debt and I have none. She is a teacher with a lower income and I have a substantially higher income. My thought was to combine incomes, pay all bills and then use the excess at the end of the pay period towards paying off the loans. My questions are as follows:What potential problems exist when combining incomes like this? Is there any tax issues that arise from this Ive paid a couple installments previously?Thank you for all adviceviewpointsopinions on the matter  <response>: Keep them separate. If you want to help her now then pay more of her expenses and let her funnel the extra money she has towards her student loans. 