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Old Aug 18, 2023, 07:37 PM
Tart Cherry Jam Tart Cherry Jam is offline
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Originally Posted by divine1966 View Post
You are right, especially if they filed taxes jointly.
This really should be a cautionary tale of danger letting other person run your life and being so fully dependent on someone, especially someone shady and secretive.
So true. And it is likely that given their relative circumstances, he filed taxes jointly without letting Jesyka know about it.

This is what H&R Block, which is a fairly authoritative source, says about it:

Married Filing Separately might benefit you if you have to use the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) on a joint return (Only true if only one spouse is liable on a separate return) because the spouse with the lower income can qualify for tax deductions only by filing a separate return.


None of these circumstances applied to Jesyka and her husband.