EDITOR’S NOTE: This article written by Jason Dinesen originally appeared on the One Iowa website on July 6, 2010. It is being presented on the Dinesen Tax Times for the first time. The article has been updated to include 2011 numbers. —– Because the federal government does not recognize the freedom to marry, same-sex married […]
I have two exciting events going on with One Iowa this tax season: All through tax season, if you mention “One Iowa” when asking me to prepare your taxes, I will donate 15% of my fee to the One Iowa Education Fund. This promotion is open to anyone, anywhere, who wants to take part. I serve […]
I am proud to announce that I will be holding a free tax clinic about the tax implications of same-sex marriage on Saturday, March 12, at the One Iowa offices in downtown Des Moines. Aside from the clinic, I am also running a promotion now through tax season – if you mention “One Iowa” when hiring me […]
The New York Times has a good article about the tax headaches faced by same-sex married couples in California, Nevada and Washington, where special “community property rules” apply. An IRS ruling in 2010 allows same-sex married couples in those states to calculate their federal taxes in the same was as opposite-sex couples. Most people considered […]
Yale University says it made a payroll error that resulted in under-withholding for 61 employees with same-sex partners. Yale failed to withhold federal taxes on the value of domestic partner health insurance during 2010. Same-sex marriage is legal in Connecticut, where Yale is located, but the federal government does not recognize same-sex marriage. The issue here […]
British-based Barclays has announced that it will “gross up” pay of U.S. employees to help off-set the extra taxes paid by employees whose health insurance covers a same-sex partner. Under federal law, the value of insurance coverage for people other than spouses or dependents is included in income. (Remember, federal law does not recognize same-sex […]
Two lawsuits have been filed this week which challenge the Federal Defense of Marriage Act of 1996 (DOMA). DOMA defines marriage, for federal government purposes, as being ONLY between a man and a woman. As we have blogged about before at the Dinesen Tax Times, this creates unique headaches for same-sex couples who are legally married under […]
As I posted earlier, the IRS recently issued three rulings – a “private letter ruling” and two “CCAs” (CCA = Chief Counsel Advice) that give same-sex couples in California somewhat equal treatment to opposite-sex married couples when filing federal tax returns. You may be wondering how this will affect same-sex married couples in Iowa. Here […]
The IRS recently issued a “private letter ruling” that affects same-sex married couples in California. Read more here: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704080104575286931017169308.html. What affect does this have on same-sex married couples in Iowa? It really won’t have much of an affect, because this ruling deals with “community property” rules. Iowa is not a community property state. I’ll post […]
