Of course, you could just get married, file jointly, and then the problem really ceases to exist.
Of course, you could just get married, file jointly, and then the problem really ceases to exist.
Marriages are easier to get out of than mortgages.
Yeah, we could, after 22 years. We're happy the way it is.
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It's been 22 years, we both would do the right thing if one of us decided to end our pseudo-marriage. Siblings buy property together, cousins buy property together, as well as all of the above going into business together.
I don't think being advised to get married is part of this discussion. We aren't, and that is that.
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Thanks for replying.
See, that is just what we want to avoid: getting a letter from the IRS a year after filing a tax return. I'm an accountant, I do the tax returns electronically. I don't want to have to prove something is valid a year or two after the fact. I'd rather the paperwork go to the IRS in my fiance's name, then we don't have to worry about a potential letter coming in the mail.
I'm an accountant, I didn't state which type of accountant. Forensic, BTW. Filing our tax returns is something I've done for 22 years, and certainly doesn't make me a tax professional.
You may think it's silly, which is your prerogative.
I see this as inefficient utilization of time. If it is done correctly from the start, no more time will ever be needed to spend on it again.
Thank you for all of your comments and suggestions, and little jabs. I prefer to deal with people who like to help people with the first two of the previous sentence, and not with people who like to poke at other people they know nothing about. Professionalism, even in forums such as these, will gain respect, not criticisms of the type above.
You are free to say and think whatever you like, of course. I would never try to say you should not make comments like the ones you have. You have every right of freedom of speech and thought.
Thanks again for all the helpful comments from those who have made them.![]()