Really. Didn't realize that. Just know that is what I am :) My apologies for confidently giving out misinformation. It is a bit bizarre though. I don't see how marital status makes a difference to the amount of money paid?? Maybe it is intended to compensate for extra costs like daycare... but there is a separate deduction for that.
Dana On Thu, 29 May 2003 09:50:25 -0700, William Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think it you're required to do Married Filing Jointly oddly enough. > > Married Filing Seperately (MFS) requires two incomes, > > You can't file Head of Household if you're married. > > From the 1040 instructions: > Head of household. This status is for unmarried people who paid over half > the cost of keeping up a home for a qualifying person, such as a child > who > lived with you or your parent whom you can claim as a dependent. Certain > married people who lived apart from their spouse for the last 6 months of > 2002 may also be able to use this status. > > IANATA (I am not a Tax Attorney) though. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Raymond Camden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 9:34 AM > Subject: RE: What the Bush tax cut could have paid for > > >> Dumb question - but as the income earner for my family (my wife takes >> care of the home and kids), am I Joint/HOH or whatever MFS is? >> >> ======================================================================== >> === >> Raymond Camden, ColdFusion Jedi Master for Mindseye, Inc >> (www.mindseye.com) >> Member of Team Macromedia (http://www.macromedia.com/go/teammacromedia) >> >> Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Blog : www.camdenfamily.com/morpheus/blog >> Yahoo IM : morpheus >> >> "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 10:22 AM >> > To: CF-Community >> > Subject: Re: What the Bush tax cut could have paid for >> >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Host with the leader in ColdFusion hosting. Voted #1 ColdFusion host by CF Developers. Offering shared and dedicated hosting options. www.cfxhosting.com/default.cfm?redirect=10481 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
