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marym625

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1. I thought one of the federal rules

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Oct 24, 2014, 07:15 PM

Oct 2014

With the Windsor decision was ALL federal benefits were legal in all legal marriages. That's why couples married in marriage equality states file a federal return but then have to complete a second federal return to determine what goes on their state return (hope I said that well enough to follow)

Which means that the federal government would have to look at where the marriage was.

What a fucked up bullshit thing to do. The IRS has to look at the marriage state but not the military or SSA?

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I thought one of the federal rules marym625 Oct 2014 #1

Sorry another thought marym625 Oct 2014 #2

k&r. Thanks for posting. nm rhett o rick Oct 2014 #3