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Married filing Sep bill 04-22-2007
Posted by Bill Brown on April 23, 2007, 10:06 pm
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> It's my understanding that using the filing status "Married
> filing Separate" that both must use same filing status
> either std. deduction or itemizing.
>
> My question is if neither is in agreement, how does the IRS
> determine which filing status to use?

Agreement by the married couple is not required. If one of
them itemizes the other has a choice of itemizing also or
taking a standard deduction of zero.

If one itemizes and the other takes a standard deduction
greater than zero, the one taking the standard deduction
will eventually get a bill for back taxes and interest from
the IRS.

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Posted by Herb Smith on April 25, 2007, 4:17 am
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> It's my understanding that using the filing status "Married
> filing Separate" that both must use same filing status =A0
> either std. deduction or itemizing.
>
> My question is if neither is in agreement, how does the IRS
> determine which filing status to use?

If one of the spouses elects to itemize, that trumps
standard deduction. The other spouse must itemize, as their
standard deduction is zero.

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Posted by bill on April 30, 2007, 11:22 am
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> It's my understanding that using the filing status "Married
> filing Separate" that both must use same filing status
> either std. deduction or itemizing.
>
> My question is if neither is in agreement, how does the IRS
> determine which filing status to use?

Tks so much all, really disadvantageous to the lower income,
renting type of the MFS couple.

bill

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