Awatmath.1474 net.taxes utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!watmath!ksbooth Tue Jan 12 23:23:45 1982 Filing Status I have been having a 1-year argument with the IRS concerning my filing status (married vs. single). My reading of the instructions for 1040 is that if, on December 31, the taxpayer is unmarried, divorced, or legally separated then the taxpayer is considered single for the entire year. The IRS claims that inorder to qualify as single a separated but not divorced person must (1) live apart from the spouse, (2) provide all support independent of the spouse, and (3) have supported a child for more thaan six months of the year. Couples with no children are automatically excluded under this interpretation. Anyone had a similar experience with the IRS? ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.