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Domestic Partner Benefits are Catching on

Florida Trend Magazine

 

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Tax Filings as Direct Action Against DOMA
Karen Ocamb: : LGBT | POV

Tom and Art got an extension on their taxes but intend to file jointly as a married couple in October. But the case and their impending filing got Tom thinking about how filing joint tax returns may in-and-of-itself be a kind of direct action non-violent civil disobedience (similar to the Refuse to Lie campaign last April) – one that may drive the public to question Boehner’s defense of DOMA, tax lawsuit-by-tax lawsuit. 

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From I.R.S. to Gay Couples, Headaches and Expenses
NY Times

The Internal Revenue Service, not exactly known as a bastion of compassion, had these words for gay and lesbian couples this week: we’re sorry.

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"No Excuses. No Delays." Do we really mean it? | The Bilerico Project
The Bilerico Project

EXCERPT:
Are we willing to pay the price that civil rights movements require at this critical moment when a reinvigorated national dialogue is raging about our place under the law? Are we willing to compel the government be as ugly as it will have to be to enforce its determination that we are not married? Are we willing to say we are married, regardless of the costs?

'No excuses, no delays' is a fine rallying cry, but it's one that has to cut both ways.

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I Won’t Lie About My Marriage on My Taxes | NCLR Kate Kendell
National Center for Lesbian Rights

Dear Friend of NCLR,

My birthday is April 15. No one ever forgets my birthday, which is great of course, but it is also a sometimes bittersweet date since April 15 is always—until this year’s anomaly—tax day.

Every year, I, like most other Americans, have dutifully filed my taxes by April 15. I’ve signed my tax return without giving it much thought, until this year.

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Summary of the General Accounting Office Reports on Section 3 of the Federal Defense of Marriage Act
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders

Summary of the General Accounting Office Reports on Section 3 of the Federal Defense of Marriage Act
How does the federal government discriminate against married same-sex couples?

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Gay Married Couples "Refuse To Lie" on Taxes
Miami Herald

Campaign Launches as 80,000+ Couples Face Impossible IRS Demand

(TAMPA) A new campaign called “Refuse to Lie” has been launched to assist legally married gay couples who plan to ignore the government’s requirement that they lie on their taxes by filing as “single.”

The Federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) not only denies legally married gay couples the 1138 legal protections and benefits of marriage, but the IRS also uses DOMA as a justification for telling couples to disavow their spouses.

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IRS Is Entangled In Gay Marriage Debate
NPR

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by Tovia Smith

Tax Day brings a dilemma for same-sex married couples whose marriages are not recognized by the federal government. They are required to file their federal taxes as single even though they are legally married in their home state. But this year, many couples are protesting by checking the married box on their federal return.

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’Refuse to Lie’ website encourages same-sex married couples to file jointly - National Technology | Examiner.com
Examiner.com


Those who do file as married are making a statement that could in fact cost them legally. In some cases, they are also making a statement that costs them monetarily.

For example, Kate Kendell, head of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, said she and her wife chose to file jointly, and pay an extra $5,000 to do so. In order to pay that extra amount, the couple will give up their summer vacation.

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As April 18 approaches, LGBT couples send message to IRS (ChicagoPride.com : Washington, D.C. News)
Chicago GoPride

Washington, D.C. — Gays and lesbians who are legally married face a conundrum every year at tax time: which box to check on the IRS forms.

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Refusing to Lie on Your Tax Return
FeministLawProfessors.com

Refusing to Lie on Your Tax Return

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Gay couples 'Refuse to Lie' to IRS
QNotes

By QNotes Staff

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Married Gay Couples "Refuse to Lie" on Tax Forms - NYTimes.com
NY Times

Using that definition, federal tax returns ask taxpayers to check one of five options under their filing status: single, married filing jointly, married filing separately, head of household or qualifying widow(er) with dependent child. Married same-sex partners typically file their own federal returns either as single or, if they qualify, as head of household, which has more favorable rates than the single filing status.

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National Taxpayer Advocate Reports that Tax Law Creates Serious Problem for Same-Sex Couples
Santa Clara Law
January 15, 2011 at 4:03 PM

The National Taxpayer Advocate, Nina E. Olson, has released her 2010 Report to Congress. Included in her list of Most Serious Problems is a six page discussion of the tax problems faced by same-sex Registered Domestic Partners.

 

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IMPORTANT UPDATE TO TAX TIP MEMO PENDING

We will be updating the tax tip page to account for the recent cases ruling DOMA unconstitutional as well as the AG opinion that DOMA is unconstitutional.

 

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TEDx Refuse To Lie Campaign
Tedx Tampa Bay

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