Tax question for 2003 brides...

christy Posted: Feb 20, 2004 10:07 AM

Tax question for 2003 brides...

We were not married all of last year, so do we file our taxes together or separate?

charon54 Posted: Feb 20, 2004 10:17 AM

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As long as you were married for part of the year, you need to file jointly is what our accountant told us.

christy Posted: Feb 20, 2004 10:19 AM

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Oh wow, I had no idea.

Xelindrya Posted: Feb 20, 2004 10:57 AM

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yep.
You can file as Married by filing separately... I looked at our tax tables and it saved us NO money.

So we filed married jointly.

shelzyp Posted: Feb 20, 2004 11:08 AM

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File joint or Married filing seperate. Which is a better tax saving s for you.

Just knwo that if you file MFS, you can not claim certain deductions, like student loan interest.

My friend got a better refund filing seperate, even withoug her interest of 1,000.

franksbride Posted: Feb 20, 2004 11:16 AM

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I don't know what to do yet...we're going to see an accountant on Sunday.

We were only married for 24 days in 2003.

Betty Posted: Feb 20, 2004 11:22 AM

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You have to file married especially if you changed your name. It can be seperate or jointly. We just went on Wed night. We found it better for us to file jointly and will get a nice refund

ddunne23 Posted: Feb 20, 2004 11:36 AM

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I feel your pain. We got married 12/29 and had to file married for 2002!

Crisco718 Posted: Feb 20, 2004 12:59 PM

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You need to file as a married couple. Be careful with filing as married filing separate, because the tax rate for that category is even higher than the single rate!!