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Originally posted by AXiD670
Okay, this is a common comment I hear from my unmarried friends. "Well, I suppose I'll eventually get married, so I can at least reap some of the benefits."
I'd like to know what these mystical benefits are that everyone keeps talking about. They're certainly not tax benefits, b/c for example, last year was the first year my husband and I filed jointly, and it was also the first time either of us ever owed anything.
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Legal benefits were the last thing on our mind when we got married...granted, it's an added benefit, but we sure didn't go into marriage with anything more but a way to declare our love for one another...
Ironically, until last year, filing taxes jointly hurt us more than helped...last year was the first in 8 years that we received ANY type of tax break!
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