"...gayer than a Care Bear dipped in sprinkles"? Ugh.

@1 - Have you ever met the guy?

The new tax rules are only an advantage for some gay couples, with vastly different incomes. People like Jamie, and Dan Savage.

For my partner and I, we will actually end up paying slightly more in taxes. It's very complicated; not only are the incomes combined and split, but so are the deductions. This screwed up our deductions that had previously been made separately.

Thanks for letting us know! I was unaware of this new tax rule and will investigate with my RDP.

(A) Dammit! I already filed my taxes as "single" even though I am in the same situation as Mr. Sprinkles (domestic partnership, one income). Too late now.

(B) Oh well. I don't make enough money to afford a personal tax planner anyway. I hope TurboTax catches up on this next year.

It's a shame the Stranger didn't publish anything about this before April since the guidelines were published in December or January. And I agree--it's not an automatic win for all couples.

@5 Can't you refile amended returns? Check out the rules for 1040-X

@3,6 I wonder what would happen if you filed as single? It would make a hell of an interesting, and maybe precedent-setting, case if the IRS came after you to force you to do otherwise.

@7, the tax/legal advice I had was not to deliberately ignore the ruling. Of course, per my (educated) counsel it's not an actual RULE, more of a guideline, and it isn't binding (or maybe it is), and not all IRS agents will be aware of it and I may get audited because an agent can't figure out why my reported income is half what's on my W2 so I've a decent chance of getting audited if I follow it...

It's really confusing and yeah, more than a little annoying.

Turbo Tax experts are unable to answer questions regarding RDP tax laws. Anyone have names of CPA's with RDP experience in Tacoma area? It's hard information to find.