But, Mr. Friedman said, they are well aware that their marriage carries no weight when it comes to, say, filing their federal tax return (though they can file a joint state tax return, which will allow them to keep more of their earnings).
INCOME TAX In states that allow same-sex marriage and those where civil union or domestic partnership laws provide the same rights, couples can file a joint state income tax return.
In most states, they file a joint state tax return.
We then filed a joint state return acknowledging our married status, which, in turn, required the preparation of a fake or "shadow" joint federal return (which we needed in order to calculate our Massachusetts taxes but which we could not submit).
The federal government and the states were planning to file a joint status report by midnight on Tuesday in the consent decree proceedings that outlined the changes Microsoft would be making to Vista.
Judge Kollar-Kotelly, of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, acknowledged that problem when she thanked Microsoft and the Justice Department, joined by 18 states, for cooperating to file a joint status report.
Couples residing in places like California, Massachusetts or New York can file a joint federal tax return as well as a joint state return, just as opposite-sex couples do.
It further went on to note that if a couple had been considered married in a common law state and moved to another state, they were still considered married and eligible to file a joint tax return even if their new state did not recognize common law marriage.
OTHER TYPES OF UNIONS Couples in civil unions or domestic partnerships are not viewed as spouses in the eyes of the federal government, and they cannot file a joint federal return, even if their state permits them to file jointly, according to senior Treasury officials.
They asked the state if they could file a joint income tax return as a symbolic measure, even though it would mean paying the state an extra $411.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), all 50 states, and Washington DC teamed up to file a joint complaint that names Arizona-based BCS, Tennessee-based CCFOA, the Cancer Fund of America (CFA), and the Cancer Support Services (CSS), which also operate in Tennessee.
