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Can a married couple file taxes separately?

Can a couple who is not married file taxes jointly?

  • I live with my daughter and my babys father. We are not married but have lived togeter for 3 years. I worked this year but did not make as much money as he did. Can we file our taxes jointly even though we are not married. Can he file as head of household and claim us as dependents. Or should we files seperatly. I heard it was against the law to file jointly on a tax return if you are not married. I live in Ohio.

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    Your state must permit common law marriages in order to file married filing jointly. Ohio does accept certain common law marriages, so I would seek the advice of a tax professional in your state. If you can't, than a tax professional could advise you on who would benefit more by claiming your daughter.

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I dont believe u can file jointly but I would check with your state tax dept for more information

poetrygal

you are not entitled to file jointly unless you are legally married

Nancy Kay

No. The only ones who can file jointly are MARRIED couples.

alanpks4

You can't file jointly. If you want to, you'll have to get married---but you'll have to wait for the 2007 filing anyway.

cope_acetic

You're correct, it's against the law to file jointly if you're not married. You'd have to have been married as of the last day of the year to file jointly for that year. Your boyfriend is probably eligible to file as head of household, claiming your daughter as a dependent. If you made over $3300 in 2006, then he can't claim you as a dependent - if you made less than that, then maybe he can.

Judy

YES.......

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