An election available before April 1990, in which both parties to a marriage agreed to treat the wife's earnings separately from the husband's, usually as a means of reducing tax. Salaries and other income of spouses have been taxed separately since April 1990 in many jurisdictions, providing a fair and independent taxation system.
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