If you both make high salaries your combined incomes will place you into a higher tax bracket and you will be paying more taxes.

如果两人的工资都很高，那么两人所有收入将使纳税等级更高，因此就要交更多的税。

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One is to move income from the parent's high tax bracket to the child's lower one.

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You are in a high tax bracket and must hold bonds outside your retirement accounts.

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Paying young family members, then, moves income out of your high tax bracket and into their low bracket.

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