joint tax assessment or not

salaried

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Hello, I earn 32.920 euro gross per annum, My wife earns 25,000 gross per annum, We have never informed revenue that we are a married couple and as such are assessed individually, Would it be beneficial to us to be jointly assessed, And would it affect my wifes net take home pay, If it makes any difference My gross is normally over the 40.000 euro mark if I include quartely bonus and overtime, Thanks for any help on this.
 
Yes you would be better off jointly assessed because you could use some of your wife's standard rate cut off. So you could pay tax at 20% on €7,800 instead of 41%.