Greetings. You are legally separated once you stop living together, but I would check with a CPA if I were you because I believe that you may have to file married filing separately since you are not divorced. Let us know what you find out when you talk to the CPA. Good luck.
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I did some research on the IRS website and the requirements for filing single are legally seperated or divorced according to the laws of your state.I am taking care of the children so I want to be able to take the tax credits that I am due. The married filing seperately does not allow those credits. I guess I just feel like it is unfair for me to be punished this way since we can’t get divorced yet because of the laws of the state. Thanks for the help.
from what i’ve read on that website you can claim single if you were living apart for the last 6 months of 2006 and it sounds like you were not. NC makes it easy given you legal separation status from the minute you move out. sounds like married filing separately.
I did move out in mid-june so we have been living apart for 6 months in mid december. I just wasn’t sure because I did not know if it was a legal seperation if there is no seperation agreement.
If I were you I would check into filing head of household, it is alot different from single. From what I was told at Jackson Hewitt because I have been separated for 9 months I had to either file married filing separately or head of household. Not single because I am not divorced. Head of Household will give you a pretty good return. possibly more than filing single.
I want to make sure I am legally seperated under NC laws, but I am not sure what to do. I have been living seperate and apart for 7 months. I want to file taxes as single and I need to be legally seperated…help!