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Rep. Christiansen urges end to North Dakota marriage-penalty in House Bill 1388
Summary
Representative Nels Christiansen introduced House Bill 13-88 to equalize individual and joint income tax brackets and eliminate the state's "marriage penalty." State tax staff described the bill's estimated distributional effects and fiscal mechanics; committee members asked for more data before acting.
Representative Nels Christiansen introduced House Bill 13-88 to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation, saying the bill would eliminate what he called an "income tax marriage penalty" by equalizing rate thresholds for single filers and married couples filing jointly.
"Under North Dakota's graduated rate income tax system ... the marriage penalty exists because tax brackets for married taxpayers are less than double those for single tax filers," Christiansen told the committee, adding that "families and family businesses should not be required to pay a higher rate of…
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