Yes. Actually, overnight they changed it. It was not going to take affect for 5 years. In other words, this chart says, marriage penalty relief for middle-income taxpayers was going to be delayed until 2006; it did not do anything for 5 years. Now it has been changed and moved up 1 year. So it does not do anything for 4 years in terms of marriage penalty relief. What we are saying is, let's do it next year. Let's make it a priority.
Discussing changes to marriage penalty relief for middle-income taxpayers.
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