Figures compiled In today’s Irish Times by EY DKM Economic Advisory

Oh.

If you want to pay less tax on your income every month, get married or have a child. Don’t give up your job and live with someone without getting married.

While society has moved forward in so many ways over recent decades, our tax system still exerts a “fiscal preference” for families – particularly those where the parents are married.

FIGHT!

Single, married or cohabiting: Who pays the least tax? (Fiona Reddan, The Irish Times)