Sure. One can file as "Married, Filing Seperately." This allows you to split the marriage penalty between yourselves, if you are a silly liberal family with seperate finances.
The IRS is very accomodating to these things, you know...
"Sure. One can file as "Married, Filing Seperately." This allows you to split the marriage penalty between yourselves, if you are a silly liberal family with seperate finances. The IRS is very accomodating to these things, you know... "
OK, I get that part :)
But how can they "force" unmarried "living together" couples to file as married?