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Ask the taxgirl: Filing When Common Law Married

30 January 2011

Taxpayer asks: In 2005 we filed for Bk chpt 7 We were told we now have to file married joint we are now commonlaw in Texas per this attorney so we did. We want to file single because we are not married we have no documents can we just file single or do we have [...]

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Ask the taxgirl: Common Law Marriage Accepted by IRS?

20 November 2008

Taxpayer asks: Hello Taxgirl, My girlfriend and I were common law married in 2005. We filed our own taxes for 2006. In 2007, we went to a tax accountant. He says we cannot file as married on our tax return. I say we can since we’re common law married. Who’s right? We live in Pennsylvania. [...]

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