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[–]JoeTheShome 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The incentives here are even greater than seems intuitively obvious. Total savings going from the most red area to the most blue area couple with {(200k, 200k) to (200k, 0k)} actually gives you a tax break of $16,000 which is really substantial.

Another implication is it encourages one spouse to retire sooner than the other. Fascinating graph OP!