This is determined by your marital status on the last day of the year, before January 1.
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Gas tax is an excise tax not a sales tax. It is therefore not deductible for federal income tax purposes.
Well, you can't file married filing jointly anymore...but things like deductability of children, family, etc. can continue for either.
no
Rent for business purposes is deductible from your business income for both federal and state purposes. Rent for your personal use is not federally deductible. There is a rent deduction of up to $3000 ($1500 married filing separately) for Massachusetts state taxes.
If you are married at end of the tax year, for all purposes that I can think of, you are considered as married for the full year. So even if you get married at 11:59 p.m. on December 31, you get all of the benefits (and burdens) of a couple who was married for the whole year.
no,
I have never paid tax for mine
People get married for multiple reasons. Some are for money, for love, because they had children, or for tax purposes. It is also possible to get married for more than one reason.
For tax/governmental purposes you are single unless you are officially married or have an official civil union.
If your common law marriage is recognized in the state where you now live, or in the state where the relationship began, you are considered married for tax purposes. Assuming that you are living with your spouse, you may file as Married Filing Jointly or Married Filing Separately. You may not file as Single or Head of Household.
Until they have a final decree of divorce or a decree of separate maintenance, they are still considered married. If they did not live together at all during the last six months of the year, they can be considered unmarried only for the purpose of determining whether either spouse is eligible to file as head of household. Otherwise, they may file jointly or separately, but not as single.
You can do anything you wish. However, it would be considered a technicality for legal purposes and rude for social purposes.
Interest considered by the IRS for tax purposes to have been paid, even if no interest was actually paid.
Public purposes
No. Student loans are borrowed money, and is not considered "income;" therefore, you do not include them on your taxes.
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