1.   And some of the proposals would complicate the problem by levying different amounts of taxes on couples with the same combined incomes.

2.   As their combined income rises, it will hit ceilings where the credit starts to vanish.

3.   But the Quinns also will have to monitor their combined income from work and investments in the coming years.

4.   I have not contributed to my IRA in recent years because our combined income is too high for a tax-deductible contribution.

5.   Married working couples often pay more taxes than if they were single because the tax code takes a bigger bite out of their combined higher incomes.

6.   Some couples, but not all, find they must pay more tax on their combined income after marrying than they would as single payers.

7.   The combined income, Wendy Banner said, also explains their big house.

8.   The two have pensions, but their combined income is much less than they expected to have at what normally would be about the midpoint of their careers.

9.   Their combined income is reasonably good.

10.   They previously had a large combined income, but he lost his job.