Well congratulations! So based upon your income alone 85% of the Social Security benefit would be included as income, which puts you at about $154K.
The thing is that both the standard deduction and the tax brackets will be double. With your soon to be bride making about $10K, she had no taxable income when she was single. When you are married the standard deduction in 2024 is $29,200 plus $1,950 for age. That leaves taxable income of about $123K.
Tax brackets 2024: Married filing jointly
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$2,320 plus 12% of the amount over $23,200.
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$10,852 plus 22% of the amount over $94,300.
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$34,337 plus 24% of the amount over $201,050.
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$78,221 plus 32% of the amount over $383,900.
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$111,357 plus 35% of the amount over $487,450.
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$196,669.50 + 37% of the amount over $731,200.
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That is approximately $17,132 in tax in 2024. In 2023, when you were single your tax using your numbers and the standard deduction for single and age ($94,300 taxable income) was around $16,050.
Ultimately you will pay more in tax, but it is not nearly as much as you think it is, since you are getting married.
Again congratulations and thank you for the question
@perryc1958
All the best,
Marc T.
TurboTax Live Tax Expert
27 Years of Experience Helping Clients
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