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Why,are married people more important?
The feds,and everyone else makes it seem so....
Why can't we get tax breaks like married couples who file joint returns? Why can't cohabitaing straight couples file joint returns?
Why am I going to have to pay more for healthcare when Obamacare takes full effect? My taxes are going to be 15% more
Its not fair...and this has nothing to do with same sex marriage,because I'm not gay.
I'm straight,and single.
Also,why does married filing jointly get larger tax return than someone filing HOH?
Meaning,a single mom with 3 kids,vs a married filing jointly couple with 2 kids,how come the Hoh gets back less?
Treat everyone the same...should single,childless adults get back more?
Why,are married people more important?
The feds,and everyone else makes it seem so....
Why can't we get tax breaks like married couples who file joint returns? Why can't cohabitaing straight couples file joint returns?
Why am I going to have to pay more for healthcare when Obamacare takes full effect? My taxes are going to be 15% more
Its not fair...and this has nothing to do with same sex marriage,because I'm not gay.
I'm straight,and single.
Also,why does married filing jointly get larger tax return than someone filing HOH?
Meaning,a single mom with 3 kids,vs a married filing jointly couple with 2 kids,how come the Hoh gets back less?
Treat everyone the same...should single,childless adults get back more?
Since when do married couples get a break filing a joint return. Ever heard of the marriage penalty tax?
Since when do married couples get a break filing a joint return. Ever heard of the marriage penalty tax?
This doesn't always apply.
Depending on how much each makes, getting married can result in a tax reduction.
So depending on the circumstances , it can be one or the other.
When my husband and I got married our taxes went up considerably.
And the last I checked, filing jointly or separately would make no difference in how much we owed. I assume filing separately is for people who are separated but still married....or maybe for people who want their spouse to know nothing of their finances??
Since when do married couples get a break filing a joint return. Ever heard of the marriage penalty tax?
There is a single penalty tax as well. An unmarried couple with a SAHP pays more tax than a married couple with a SAHP.
Also, restrictive zoning codes raise the bar to buy a home, making it much easier for two-income families than for singles to buy a home. In turn, married couples have a homeownership rate of 70 percent, while only 50 percent of singles own homes. This, in turn, makes it easier for married couples to pay lower tax rates than singles.
When my husband and I got married our taxes went up considerably.
And the last I checked, filing jointly or separately would make no difference in how much we owed. I assume filing separately is for people who are separated but still married....or maybe for people who want their spouse to know nothing of their finances??
For most of our marriage, dh and I could have saved $4K in taxes/year if we had been single (married filing separately did not help here). The problem with divorcing for tax purposes was that I couldn't cover him on my health insurance. So I had a choice of paying the government or for separate health insurance. Now that dh is 65 and I can't cover him on my insurance, we may divorce for tax purposes. It looks like my low wages as a teacher would qualify me for all kinds of write offs and credits if I take the kids as a deduction (per child tax credit, tuition tax credit (dd#1 will be in college at the end of this year), EIC, homestead tax credit....)...we have some numbers to crunch before the end of the year.
For most of our marriage, dh and I could have saved $4K in taxes/year if we had been single (married filing separately did not help here). The problem with divorcing for tax purposes was that I couldn't cover him on my health insurance. So I had a choice of paying the government or for separate health insurance. Now that dh is 65 and I can't cover him on my insurance, we may divorce for tax purposes. It looks like my low wages as a teacher would qualify me for all kinds of write offs and credits if I take the kids as a deduction (per child tax credit, tuition tax credit (dd#1 will be in college at the end of this year), EIC, homestead tax credit....)...we have some numbers to crunch before the end of the year.
Be grateful you own your home. If I owned my home, based on the actual property taxes, I would get a homestead tax credit around $400 - $500 every year. As a renter, I get squat. But wait, it gets worse. If I owned this home, the property taxes would be $1,500 lower than they are. Is this a great country or what?
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