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so it's true that some states (9) apply common-law marriage, and if you divorce for the purposes of taxes a judge can find that you're still married. . .
but otherwise this link is a farce
then again, there are benefits for NOT getting married nowadays in terms of taxes
So there is a HUGE benefit to not being married when filing taxes. . because of the 'wedding tax'. . now if you cohabitate, you're married and can't avoid it. BS! Three roomates living together for 10 years is a three way marriage? How do they get to declare who's married and who isn't? And they say republicans want to be in your bedroom. . .As designed, Obamacare threatens to turn cohabiting while functionally living as if married into a national sport. Paraphrasing what I noted at my home blog in March 2010, the following grim scenario appears likely:
The law in many if not most states says that you can’t cohabit indefinitely and still claim not to be married.
Because the government will be starved for money, the Internal Revenue Service will task itself with finding cohabiting couples and divorced couples still living together who are “illegally” claiming that they are not married for health care subsidy purposes.
Those caught and punished by the IRS carrying out its new role as the de facto “marriage police” could get hit with multi-year bills for undeserved “tax credits” running into tens of thousands of dollars.
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so it's true that some states (9) apply common-law marriage, and if you divorce for the purposes of taxes a judge can find that you're still married. . .
but otherwise this link is a farce
then again, there are benefits for NOT getting married nowadays in terms of taxes
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