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From: slack@wxlvax.UUCP (Tom Slack)
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Subject: Re: Marriage penalty
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Date: Tue, 12-Feb-85 12:05:13 EST
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> Question:  What's the difference between big difference between SOs
> living together and SOs married?
> IRS:  The married ones are poorer because they get to pay more taxes.
> 
This problem was noticed by a rather ingenius couple I read about some
10 years ago.  They "solved" the problem by getting a divorce each year
on December 31 and then getting married again on January 1.  It was
done legally with all of the formalities inherent to the state in which
they lived.
Not sufficient (says the IRS) I do not remember how the case ended,
but I do remember that the IRS charged them with tax fraud.

Also in many states the common law marriage is accepted as a marriage
after some time (it is 6 months in OK).
This means that in some states the IRS might have (but not likely)
eventually caught up with you and charged you with filing improperly
as you were in reality married even if you never filed for a certificate.

Tom Slack

"Always remember, it is live ammunition.  KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN!"