Do Not Be Pressured Into Blindly Signing A Joint Return
Many tax preparers only deal with either the husband or the wife when preparing a joint return. Particularly when dealing with a return where you know the balance due will not be paid, you should be sensitive to the fact that the interest of the couple may not be aligned. The option of filing separately should be communicated to both of them.
Suze Orman In Press Conference On DOMA Calls For Great Gay Migration
The 1,100 or so that she was referring to is the number of items in the entire United States Code where benefits are impacted by marital status. They are not all tax related.
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Over and over again courts have said that there is nothing sinister in so arranging one’s affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Everybody does so, rich or poor; and all do right, for nobody owes any public duty to pay more than the law demands: taxes are enforced exactions, not voluntary contributions. To demand more in the name of morals is mere cant.