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DE 2021 married/combined 1depx 75Kpwages 39Kswages 1Kintrec 16Kchildcare

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See http://taxsim.nber.org/out2psl/1113

PE and TA agree on taxable income, but not tax. It looks like TA is choosing joint while married/separate is lower tax. I include "joint.pdf" for comparison.

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