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- From: joel@upchrch.UUCP (Joel Upchurch )
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: Married/Single/Taxes
- Message-ID: <1TgeoB1w164w@upchrch.UUCP>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 00:54:47 EDT
- References: <130942@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV>
- Organization: Upchurch Computer Consulting, Orlando FL
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- hudek@polaris.llnl.gov (David Hudek) writes:
-
- > In a misc.consumers article I did not save, someone mentioned the disadvantag
- > of being married with regard to taxes. Someone else disputed that claim. I th
- > that the first poster has a good argument. (The articles started out discussi
- > various definitions of middle class incorporating regional adjustments, then
- > went into housing, and hit taxes as a side-issue. The tax issue hit home,
- > so to speak. :-) )
- (lot of text deleted)
- > I would be VERY happy if someone would disprove the contention that married
- > couples are worse off tax-wise than singles, but that's how I read it.
- > (Actually, I just skimmed over the tax tables/forms this year, since
- > we decided to hire a professional to prepare the forms for us. We did
- > seem to get hit rather badly, tax-wise, in our first year of marriage :-( )
-
- As far as I know you are perfectly correct. I know several couples that
- have bought houses together and had kids, without getting married and they
- come out a lot better tax wise than if they had been married. One dodge
- they use is to have one of them claim the child and take head-of-household
- and take the standard deduction, while the other one files as single and
- takes the house and itemizes.
-
- Frankly I've got my doubts about how well such things will stand up to
- an audit, but I tend to be very conservative about how I do my taxes.
- If such situations become common, I suspect the IRS is going to start
- cracking down and tell couples that they are married for tax purposes
- and to file a joint return.
-
- (If your mail bounces use the address below.)
- Joel Upchurch/Upchurch Computer Consulting/718 Galsworthy/Orlando, FL 32809
- joel@peora.ccur.com {uiucuxc,hoptoad,petsd,ucf-cs}!peora!joel (407) 859-0982
-