married with no kids and one income still files MFJ, even with one income. I suppose one could file Single while married with one income but there are a number of reasons not to, not the least of which is there is a significant deduction (more now that the tax legislation has been signed) for MFJ. It was explained to me once long ago, but the calculations are lost from my memory at the moment, must be all the "need this to do my job code" I've got stuffed in there now. If I had time to dwell on it, it'd prolly come to me...
^_^ hell, even the IRS recommends filling out the forms in multiple ways (if you qualify under more than one) to find the best way to get the most money back. Also don't feel too bad about "confidently giving out misinformation" a simultaneously good and bad thing about our tax system is that it closely represents fingerprints, no two are exactly the same. Besides, only the person that takes the advice can be prosecuted for mistakes, unless you prepared the form for them...oh, and also their spouse (if MFJ), unless you use the Innocent Spouse Relief... I better stop now, the permutations could go on for days. ^_^ will ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dana Tierney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 10:02 AM Subject: Re: What the Bush tax cut could have paid for > 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 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
