Taxes owed - filed jointly

North Carolina Divorce Law Divorce and Separation Answers
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Dear varoom35:

Greetings. That is up to you on how you divide or share the liabilities and refunds from taxes. Generally it is all marital debt and all marital income, so you can divide it in percentage of income or equally (or however).

It sounds like your agreement already says that it will be in the percentage of income, so speak with your attorney to ensure you have the right percentage. Thank you.

Janet L. Fritts
Attorney with Rosen Law Firm

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hi. me and my seperated ex, have filed taxes jointly. we owe on the federal but am getting back on the state. how do we determine who owes what on the fed and who gets what on the state?

for example, say we made 100k last year combined and she made 10k of that. would she pay 10% of what we owe?

or do you apply the effective tax rate? in our case 14% to each sum??
(90k and 10k)?

we have a sep agreement that states we file jointly this year and the tax will be in proportion to our incomes for benefit or burden and as taxes paid…

thanks…