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April 14, 2015

Tax Day can be complex for same-sex couples

  • Same-sex couples are not allowed to file joint returns in most states that don't recognize their marriages, so they have to unravel their finances and file separate state returns.
    • By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER
    Associated Press

    WASHINGTON — A necessary burden for most Americans, Tax Day is an accounting nightmare for thousands of gay and lesbian couples as they wrestle with the uneven legal status of same-sex marriage in the United States.

    They live in a country that recognizes their marriages, but some reside in the 13 states that do not, an issue that will be argued before the Supreme Court later this month.


     
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