2024 Tax Married Jointly Filing Separately. Single, head of household, or married filing separately (and you didn't live with your spouse at any time during the year) less than $138,000. The calculator below can help estimate the financial impact of filing a joint tax return as a married couple (as opposed to filing separately as singles) based on 2024 federal.

For 2024, the standard deduction for a couple filing jointly is $29,200 as opposed to $14,600 if you are filing separately or are single. For the tax year 2024, the top tax rate is 37% for individual single taxpayers with incomes greater than $609,350 ($731,200 for married couples filing jointly).