Taxing Family Work: Aid for Affluent Husband Care

Taxing Family Work: Aid for Affluent Husband Care: "The income of the classic breadwinner married to a homemaker gets a tax advantage under federal income tax law. The conventional wisdom holds that any resulting inequities to unmarried persons or dual-earning marriages cannot be corrected without producing similarly problematic inequities. This article challenges that dilemma by analyzing the inequity of the marital tax system from a new perspective."