Hi @Mdeleon2010 thanks for writing in today! It's not a silly question at all. Marriage is an event that can have a significant impact on your taxes and it's wise to do some advance planning.
Unfortunately, there is not one simple answer to the question. Depending on your relative incomes and whether there are dependents in the mix, being married can either cause you to pay more taxes than as two single people, or less. Generally speaking, two people with very unequal incomes will benefit more from being married, whereas two people with relatively similar incomes will benefit less or even have a "marriage penalty" (paying higher taxes due to being married). But that's only a broad-brush answer. The best way I can think of to find your answer is to prepare test returns in TurboTax as if you were married and compare them to the returns you file as single and see what the net difference is.
I hope this helps answer your question!
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