2007-02-02 10:57:37 · 7 answers · asked by whatever 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
Yes, in fact it's perferrable for you to file a joint return as long as you're legally married and as long as you don't suffer bodily injury by stabbing or punching each other while you're filling out the forms.
You have to be legally married on the last day of the year, and if you are, your choices are still the same (married joint or married seperate).
Actually, you have a third choice: surviving spouse (if you kill him).
Never file "married seperate". You lose a lot more than even makes sense. I don't know why it's even still on the books.
(Curious chick is wrong. Your divorce can drag out for 20 years, and as long as there's no piece of paper saying you're seperated, as Bostonian said, you're married according to the IRS.)
2007-02-02 11:12:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you are legally separated under a decree of separate maintenance you are considered single for tax purposes and must file as Single.
If you are NOT legally separated you can file either as Married Filing Separately or Married Filing Jointly. MFJ will almost always result in the lowest tax.
2007-02-02 11:02:16 · answer #2 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, if you're not legally separated. That's what my husband and I are doing this year. We just separated in November. Next year though, we're going to file single.
2007-02-02 11:06:19 · answer #3 · answered by LolaCorolla 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you can file married filing jointly or married filing separate return.
2007-02-02 13:13:54 · answer #4 · answered by browneyes79 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes but only during the year of separation without fault after that I would check with a pro... Good luck.
2007-02-02 11:04:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
you ought to signal it for a joint go back. report your human being go back as Married filing Separate. IRS will look into. you may not report unmarried, because you at the instantaneous are not, neither is he. He owes you not something. He ought to owe the IRS again funds, yet he owes you not something.
2016-12-03 09:18:05 · answer #6 · answered by fuents 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mahal said it all !!
2007-02-02 11:30:10 · answer #7 · answered by tiquillabitch 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋