According to the United States' General Accounting Office, there are slightly over one thousand federal laws that treat married people differently from single people.
These include:
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Rights
Responsibilities
Ambiguous
There are some laws that either benefit or penalize married couples over single people, depending upon their own circumstances.
States
In addition, community-property states frequently have forms of ownership that allow a full basis step-up on one's own share of community property on the death of a spouse (in addition to the normal step-up on spouse's assets). External resources