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- From: mam@jcnpc.cmhnet.org (Mike A. McAngus)
- Subject: Re: Special Rights for Heterosexuals
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.044157.5095@jcnpc.cmhnet.org>
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 04:41:57 GMT
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- Michael D. Adams (StarOwl@uiuc.edu) wrote:
- : mam@jcnpc.cmhnet.org (Mike A. McAngus) writes:
- : >hhuang@athena.mit.edu (Han-Young Huang) writes:
- :
- : >: We all know that heterosexual marriages are heavily subsidized on the
- : >: federal level. Would a married couple pay less taxes than if the two
- : >: individuals were to file singly? Almost always. Is it possible for
- :
- : >Sorry, but in the 5 years of our marriage, my wife and I have paid an averag
- e
- : >of $1000 per year more than we would have if we were living together and fil
- ing
- : >separatly.
- :
- : This does not apply to all couples.
- :
- : There are a few other forms of subsidization which apply to couples which
- : have legal recognition of their marriage. The one I am most familiar with
- : is this: if a person in a recognized marriage (formal or common-law) dies,
- : hir spouse may inherit from the deceased exempt from estate taxes. If
- : a person in an unrecognized marriage (homosexual or non-traditional),
- : hir spouse(s) may have to deal with estate taxes on what the deceased
- : leaves them.
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- Next of kin and survivorship considerations are different from Income Tax
- considerations. I responded to the latter.
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