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Posted by HS@255 on March 17, 2007, 5:51 pm
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My wife and I were married in 2006, but due to job
situation, I live in VA and she lives in MD. We commute
on the weekends. Some people say that we are "considered
unmarried" for the tax filing purpose, and can file 2006
return as single people. But in Publication 17, "considered
unmarried" only appears under the Head of Household
qualification. We are not sure whether to file a joint
return or separate returns as single persons.
Thank you.
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Posted by brownie on March 18, 2007, 2:18 am
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> My wife and I were married in 2006, but due to job
> situation, I live in VA and she lives in MD. We commute
> on the weekends. Some people say that we are "considered
> unmarried" for the tax filing purpose, and can file 2006
> return as single people. But in Publication 17, "considered
> unmarried" only appears under the Head of Household
> qualification. We are not sure whether to file a joint
> return or separate returns as single persons.
Married people cannot file as single. You can file head of
houshold if you did not live together (even for 1 weekend)
for the last 6 months of the year and you (the person filing
HOH) have a qualifying individual.You can always file
married filing separate but that is not normally
advantageous.
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Posted by Don Priebe on March 19, 2007, 2:04 am
Please log in for more thread options > Married people cannot file as single. You can file head of
> houshold if you did not live together (even for 1 weekend)
> for the last 6 months of the year and you (the person filing
> HOH) have a qualifying individual.You can always file
> married filing separate but that is not normally
> advantageous.
And of course you can file as married filing jointly even
though you don't have the same address.
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Don EA in Upstate NY
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Posted by Bill Brown on March 19, 2007, 2:04 am
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> My wife and I were married in 2006, but due to job
> situation, I live in VA and she lives in MD. We commute
> on the weekends. Some people say that we are "considered
Never take tax advice from "some people."
> unmarried" for the tax filing purpose, and can file 2006
> return as single people. But in Publication 17, "considered
> unmarried" only appears under the Head of Household
> qualification. We are not sure whether to file a joint
> return or separate returns as single persons.
As brownie (no relation) noted, if you are married you
cannot file as single persons. Unless one or both of you
meet the very restrictive rules for head of household, your
filing choices are married filing jointly and married filing
separately.
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Posted by Benjamin Yazersky CPA on March 19, 2007, 11:11 am
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> My wife and I were married in 2006, but due to job
> situation, I live in VA and she lives in MD. We commute
> on the weekends. Some people say that we are "considered
> unmarried" for the tax filing purpose, and can file 2006
> return as single people. But in Publication 17, "considered
> unmarried" only appears under the Head of Household
> qualification. We are not sure whether to file a joint
> return or separate returns as single persons.
I'd say married filing separate - for states only this is
because you proably don't meet the state residency
requirements
However, you should still be able to be married filing
jointly for federal purposes
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