My fiance is in dental school and is currently taking out student loans and will continue to take out student loans until she finishes her residency in a few years. I was wondering if it would make sense to get our marriage license sooner (sometime this year) rather than later for tax purposes. Is there any kind of tax break for incurring this debt and the ensuing interest payments? Assuming we'll be paying this debt off together regardless of when we file our marriage license, I figured it might make sense to get the marriage license sooner so we can at least get a little bit more money back on our 2020 taxes. Does this make any sense or am I thinking about this wrong? Are there any other tax breaks to be gained from getting our marriage license this year and filing jointly besides the lower combined income tax bracket we'd be in (should save us around $4,000 dollars from switching from single to joint)? And if so, how do I calculate those?
