you have medicare taxes on investment income and of course the haier one on earned income as well. >>djustments. if you have more than $200,000 of income, if you are single or 250, again, notice that small gap again. tracy: right. >> as married, you pay the increased medicare tax and on the investment income it is now called the net investment income tax. so the, higher earning single person, in my example, single 2, would have small amount of tax under the new law had they stayed single. if he is married, if they are married, then they pay much more as a couple on that. so on the investment income they pay $1520 as married couple, instead of 760 on single taxpayer. and $1440 as the incremental amount of medicare tax on wage. >> just it say you're married? total here is, about over $17,000. >> 17,000. think about it. doesn't matter when you get married during the year, you are considered married the entire year for tax purposes. you have your wedding. you pay for the wedding. go to file the joint tax return in april. big surprise. tracy: anybody who thinks they're having new year's ev