Tax as a married couple

[ciarak]

I'm looking for some advice on what option to choose for tax as a married couple. I earn approx 18k and my husband earns 32k. Does this mean that we should choose him as the assessable spouse? And what does that mean? Will he then pay tax on both our incomes?

 

[Joe_90]

You can make him the assessable spouse, given the figures above it won't make any difference as the increased standard rate band applies from €32,800. So both of you are paying tax at 20% at the moment and will do so under joint assessment.