2007-01-19 08:05:24 · 12 answers · asked by seiowasensation 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ Other - Taxes
You should avoid filing "married seperate" at all costs. There are a lot of things you can potentially lose.
The most obvious are some of the credits for children and the standard deduction. If one of you itemizes, both of you have to. That means if one of you takes the mortgage interest, the other is left with no standard deduction and very little in itemized.
2007-01-19 08:11:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If would be in both you and your wife's best interest to file married filing jointly otherwise you are taxed the same as single. I advise my clients that if they can get along well enough to sit through a return without any hostility and sign the return and both can agree on how they want the refund and who gets what amount to file together. That isn't always the case, but it is YOUR best alternative. If you or she has children together, who ever provided over the support and if the relationship was over for over months of the year, then that person would claim head of household and the other person would file single. On our tax screens that we use there is a marriage calculator that we can use and show our clients the benefits or married filing joint vs. married filing separate.
Good Luck.
2007-01-19 08:13:23 · answer #2 · answered by perleo 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes. Must file married jointly or seperately.
2007-01-19 08:09:20 · answer #3 · answered by vegas_iwish 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yup, you can file "married but filing seperately" taxes. You usually get more tax return money if you file together, but if you're not interested then you def have the option to to file seperately.
2007-01-19 08:12:09 · answer #4 · answered by ashi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Married filing seperate is an option.
2007-01-19 08:08:49 · answer #5 · answered by Steph 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can. If you get along with your wife, you could see what is advantageous to your situation...filling jointly or separately. Most of the time filling jointly is the better deal. However, I was in this situation and filled separately because we could not agree on anything. I had more withheld than my spouse and our incomes were vastly different. It was better for ME to fill separately.
2007-01-19 08:14:59 · answer #6 · answered by the_twenty_car 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No because you're not legally divorced. It only has married, single, divorced, widowed. I'm pretty sure those are the only ones. However, you should ask a professional. Someone from H&R Block. They don't have to do your taxes. Just pick up the phone and ask the one question. I'm sure they can give you the right answer. That's what their there for.
2007-01-19 08:11:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
You need to check with your spouse and see what is more amicable to both of you. You could both file married, filing separately, but it may be more beneficial to file married, joint.
2007-01-19 08:10:36 · answer #8 · answered by Starla_C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Talk to your accountant, but one can file separately when one is married, although it is generally not advantageous to do so.
It is always better to talk to a professional about these things.
2007-01-19 08:12:49 · answer #9 · answered by Sweet Lady Mom 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why don't you go together to your accounted and ask but I think you can, Do you have children together that might be a problem, if you do just ask each other that you can put your child on your taxes and she can put it on hers. Just to make life eaiser.
Good luck
2007-01-19 08:09:52 · answer #10 · answered by j13 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋