Comments on: Ask the taxgirl: Filing Single When You’re Married

By: Roth & Company, P.C.

Roth & Company, P.C. — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:18:18 +0000

Filing single, acting double…

Can married folks save taxes by filing single? No. TaxGrrrl explains…….

By: Samuel Kline

Samuel Kline — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:03:16 +0000

As mentioned, incorrectly filing tax returns can turn into a sticky situation. What many taxpayers don’t realize is that the IRS is becoming smarter in their investigative work. The IRS has increased its budget for using new technologies that help them do their research and look for any major discrepancies. Taxpayers just need to be extra careful these days about actually filing their tax returns and doing so correctly to avoid any potential issues.

By: u262f

u262f — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:58:19 +0000

I’ve heard about a “marriage penalty” in which a lot of people are actually worse off married than single from the tax point of view. Has that changed? Do you happen to have any good resources I can read about this?

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:30:34 +0000

Donna,
Thanks for the info. I did suggest MFS – see para 3!

By: Donna

Donna — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:22:24 +0000

I am surprise you didnt recommend Married Filing Separately. She seem to be more concern about her finances on her education. With the increase of fraud, you neeed to be extremely careful . Please call the IRS 1800 829 1040. The laws says what your status on December 31. If you are “legally” separately from your pouse of 6 months or more, you are considered single or separately married. This is for people who is legally separately or because one of them (spouses) owes money to the IRS, student loans or Child Support. Also you can with a form attached to your tax return if you are filing Married Filing Jointly for Injure Spouse Form 8379, this is for the spouse who is considered “injured” by the other spouse who owes money to the IRS, behind in Student Loans, CHild Support or some Federal finicial activity. so that the innocent spouse is protected from debtness that the guilty spouse may .

But if any time, you can download a publication the IRS has which is Publication 17 or 15.

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