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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumswill there be a flood of Tax refilings that IRS will have to deal with if DOMA is repealed?
or will the ruling have no effect on past filings?
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will there be a flood of Tax refilings that IRS will have to deal with if DOMA is repealed? (Original Post)
srican69
Mar 2013
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Lil Missy
(17,865 posts)1. We don't know that yet. n/t
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)2. It's going to effect SSI too
With survivor benefits. All that money they got to keep all this time. Fuck them.
el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)3. I would be very surprised if this was retroactive n/t
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)5. It might be retroactive.
When SCOTUS strikes a law because it's unconstitutional, it's as if the law never existed.
So same-sex couples that were getting shafted out of thousands of dollars of tax deductions or benefits because their marriage "wasn't real" would have every right to refile and get that money back.
el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)6. It also depends on the wording
if it says that all homosexuals who were married previously are now officially married they have a case. If it says people who weren't allowed to be married are now allowed to be married, than they probably have no case.
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Dollface
(1,590 posts)4. I don't believe it will be retroactive. There is no clear law for it to revert back to.
On a happy note, I'm already seeing tax planning articles for when/if DOMA is repealed.