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[zbear20]

They suggest that on line 7 where it asks the total income, you put in the number exactly as it appears on your W-2, then on line 21 the person making more money makes an adjustment taking off the amount that is the difference between your income and the split income, and note that that amount is being moved to registered parter/same sex spouse [name, ssn]. The partner making less would on line 21 add that amount,noting on the form that it's income moved from registered partner/same sex spouse [name and ssn] to comply with the income splitting rules. Their example was a couple where one made $100k, the other made $0 the one with the $100k income would show a $50k deduction, the other one would show a +$50k adjustment. That way when you total the numbers you'd have the same, split amount. They'd also be able to reconcile the two returns. They do say though that the IRS says (and Lamba Legal agrees) not to put the two returns into the same envelope, as they'd get stapled together at the IRS and only the one on top would get processed. Logic would say they should be filed together, but I'll listen to them on this one.

[zbear20]

When I went to law school in 1988-1991 I was idealistic and naive, I took probably the first AIDS Law course offered, and my professor helped write the first textbook on AIDS law. What I didn't take were any more tax or business courses more than were required. Little did I know how important those would be later in life.