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The Myriad Benefits of Marriage in the United States

These benefits regulate virtually every aspect of how clients manage taxes, finances, inheritance, housing and healthcare.

Married people automatically qualify for no fewer than 1,138 benefits, rights, protections and privileges under current federal law. These benefits regulate virtually every aspect of how clients manage taxes, finances, inheritance, housing and healthcare.

This gallery depicts the scope of the benefits across categories enumerated by the General Accounting Office and gives a few examples of specific benefits in each category.

 

Source: The Government Accountability Office, 1997, 2014

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