Who is considered when determining household income by the IRS?
October 15, 2008
J. G. asked:
I just got an apartment with my fiancee for tax purposes are both of our incomes considered household income. She has her own bills that she pays and I have my own and we split the rent.
We don’t plan on getting married for two years.
I just got an apartment with my fiancee for tax purposes are both of our incomes considered household income. She has her own bills that she pays and I have my own and we split the rent.
We don’t plan on getting married for two years.
October 17th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
Until you officially get married, the two of you will have separate household incomes. However, if you are married on 12/31/08 then the IRS will considered you to be married for the entire year. So the answer depends on when the wedding date is.
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