Hi lindseyhop!
Filing jointly as married will actually increase your standard deduction above head of household. For 2023, married couples get $27,700 and head of household get $20,800. Depending on your and your spouses situations, it is usually much better to file married filing jointly. Being married, you can no longer file as single or head of household. Your only other option would be to file married filing separately, which only has a $13,850 standard deduction. You could also lose some valuable credits if you are married and don't file jointly.
You will undoutedly see some changes in your return, as you include your spouse's income and withholding. The best thing to do at this point would be to visit our TaxCaster website and utilize some of the tools, like the W-4 Calculator Withholding Estimator:
https://turbotax.intuit.com/lp/ppc/2541?srqs=null&cid=ppc_gg_nb_stan_all_na_Calculator-CalculatorEst...
Hope this helps!
Cindy
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