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- From: johne@vcd.hp.com (John Eaton)
- Subject: Re: Married/Single/Taxes
- Message-ID: <Brx46t.5Bz@vcd.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard VCD
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- Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 00:04:03 GMT
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- jsp@uts.amdahl.com (James Preston) writes:
- : joel@upchrch.UUCP (Joel Upchurch ) writes:
- :
- : }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.
- :
- : You're being a little overly paranoid. There is absolutely nothing
- : illegal about a couple choosing not to get married. The IRS can do
- : a lot of things, but it cannot just "decide" that a couple is married
- : for tax purposes in order to get more money from them.
- :
- : --James Preston
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- On the other hand if you mess up and trigger your local States Common law
- marriage statues and this is brought to their attention then you may be
- in a heap of trouble. Keep a low profile and don't piss off your neighbors.
-
- You might do the divorce every New Years Eva and Marry the next day bit only
- to find that they decide to treat it the same as a wash sale.
-
- John Eaton
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