2007-04-18 16:45:09 · 5 answers · asked by plug 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
The filing status on your return has nothing to do with the names on the home title. As a matter of fact, there are millions of american couples (married) who do not own a house and chose to file jointly. The bottom line is that if you're married legaly you can file a tax return as married filing jointly, or choose to file married filing separately.
2007-04-18 16:59:32 · answer #1 · answered by Arber 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you are legally married, you can file a joint return. If you aren't legally married, you can't. The house title or credit app have nothing to do with your filing status.
And the supposed tax preparer who says her company "marries" couples each tax season is highly unethical, promoting fraudulent tax returns, and is going to be in deep trouble when he gets caught. If you live in a state that allows common law marriage (and most don't) there are very specific rules that govern whether you're considered common law married - it doesn't just happen when you go to file your taxes. Claiming married on your return if you have not been through a legal marriage ceremony, and either don't live in one of the few states where common law marriage exists or have not met ALL of the legal requirement to be common law married, is filing a fraudulent return and is highly illegal.
She is correct though that if you ARE considered as common law married, it's a legal marriage and you'd have to get a divorce if you split up.
2007-04-19 11:41:15 · answer #2 · answered by Judy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The filing status of your taxes has nothing to do with either a home title or credit application. If you are married, then you file either married filing joint or married filing single. Be aware that there are lots of restrictions to filing married filing single
2007-04-19 03:46:27 · answer #3 · answered by stilhdr1963 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want to be considered as married, you may file a joint tax return. However, you need to know that once you take that step, in the eyes of the government you are married, and will have to be divorced if you break up and decide to marry someone else.
2007-04-19 02:11:04 · answer #4 · answered by Peggy K 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Of course. Your filing status has nothing to do with whose name is on the mortgage. As long as at least one of your names is on the mortgage you can take the mortgage interest deduction on your joint return.
2007-04-19 05:32:47 · answer #5 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋