tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10949041.post4210087735984402596..comments2024-02-09T07:26:54.065-08:00Comments on Lelo in Nopo: What I learned about our taxes this year: scenes from a queer coupleLeLohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15073317400749817075noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10949041.post-79783766207933831762009-04-17T09:42:00.000-07:002009-04-17T09:42:00.000-07:00Oh holy shit. First, you chickens are super cute. ...Oh holy shit. First, you chickens are super cute. Second, must have been a great thing to share that document. Third, I hope that when bug is my age, she and her pals sit around and say, <I>Can you believe that when my mom was my age, her gay friends couldn't marry?</I>Like we talk about the inequity of our grandmas not being able to vote and segregation....<br /><br />And, lastly, I love your city! I totally went to that cute little nursery on Mississippi you recommended. Thanks! We bought a mat for our back door made out of recycled tires and saw a chick so new he still had egg shell on his back!dig this chickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08418144148141016215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10949041.post-13847073288094720212009-04-16T10:46:00.000-07:002009-04-16T10:46:00.000-07:00Congratulations on 14 years. Thank you for sheddin...Congratulations on 14 years. Thank you for shedding light on this and so many other important issues on your blog, like you always do. As usual: inspiring.Ali and Evanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04246118164184072480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10949041.post-21834516537000018702009-04-16T09:40:00.000-07:002009-04-16T09:40:00.000-07:00At least the tide seems to be turning the right wa...At least the tide seems to be turning the right way. And you guys are so adorable together!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10949041.post-20678908132095554382009-04-16T05:27:00.000-07:002009-04-16T05:27:00.000-07:00But just think, you're helping the war effort! GR...But just think, you're helping the war effort! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.Eugeniahttp://culinariaeugenius.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10949041.post-19313374068341209982009-04-14T13:32:00.000-07:002009-04-14T13:32:00.000-07:00Having gotten divorced not too long ago, I really ...Having gotten divorced not too long ago, I really wonder why there should be a tax incentive to marry, whether it's a gay or a straight marriage.jradnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10949041.post-39224470312145498452009-04-14T11:12:00.000-07:002009-04-14T11:12:00.000-07:00Dear right-wing anti-tax absolutists:
Cut taxes...Dear right-wing anti-tax absolutists: <br /><br />Cut taxes! Legalize gay marriage!<br /><br />----<br /><br />(Maybe that'll work, LeLo. Great post.)Kari Chisholmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08782919197573622563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10949041.post-85771263604844252052009-04-14T10:49:00.000-07:002009-04-14T10:49:00.000-07:00Our accountant still hasn't returned ours so we do...Our accountant still hasn't returned ours so we don't know the damage. The only benefit we have is that I did a small amount of freelance last year and HG can claim the kid and all of the house interest. I still have to pay $750. in federal tax but we're hoping HG gets a refund enough to make up for it. <br /><br />Don't get me started on the health benefit thing--HG's income amount stated on her W-2 was $10,000 more than what she made because of the estimated cost of benefits. <br /><br />So unfair. So totally unfair.Recovering Straight Girlhttp://www.recoveringstraightgirl.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10949041.post-30255592885949540722009-04-14T10:16:00.000-07:002009-04-14T10:16:00.000-07:00Yes, that sucks. Nothing else to say.Yes, that sucks. Nothing else to say.Heatherhttp://www.queenofdestiny.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10949041.post-6207629938369493092009-04-14T10:13:00.000-07:002009-04-14T10:13:00.000-07:00grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrWacky Mommyhttp://wackymommy.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10949041.post-57811415439779448242009-04-14T10:10:00.000-07:002009-04-14T10:10:00.000-07:00I do my partner's and my taxes and have for the la...I do my partner's and my taxes and have for the last 6 years. Getting to spend an extra couple of hours to do all the "dummie" federal returns so I could figure out the best route for us to go on our state returns was a HUGE hassle but I still refuse to pay someone to file standard deduction tax forms for us. In the end our not federally recognized DP is going to cost us just over $1000. Would have been more but we found that we saved money by filing "RDP but filing separately"Marshall Collinsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10949041.post-64880431935804583432009-04-14T08:42:00.000-07:002009-04-14T08:42:00.000-07:00Unbelievable. I happened upon here through a Twit...Unbelievable. I happened upon here through a Twitter link of all ways. It's good to hear/read about someone's actual experience.<br /><br />I think it's wrong anyway you slice it!<br /><br />Marriage should not be discriminatory... how can it be. Let people just get married, damn it and leave them the f*ck alone!<br /><br />I'm hoping our world changes more rapidly than it is. It sucks really being in the dark ages with some things.<br /><br />All the best to you. You truly are a very cute couple and congrats on the 14 years... societies "conventional" marriages barely last that long. <br /><br />MelissaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10949041.post-372764639473727392009-04-14T08:19:00.000-07:002009-04-14T08:19:00.000-07:00Ours was such a happy and disjointed affair that w...Ours was such a happy and disjointed affair that we have had to file amended returns -- that will take Until approximately the end of May to finish! Lovely, isn't it??A Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05066992019067893513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10949041.post-74483874711252774582009-04-14T05:54:00.000-07:002009-04-14T05:54:00.000-07:00Don't even get me started... I had to do 3 differe...Don't even get me started... I had to do 3 different tax forms -- one federal, state both ways to see what was better (CT has civil unions until the marriage law goes into effect next year).<br /><br />WE. WERE. SO. RIPPED. OFF.<br /><br />So unconstitutional it's laughable.Landlady of Fathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06398567504134200832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10949041.post-51277391955628432042009-04-14T04:33:00.000-07:002009-04-14T04:33:00.000-07:00Wow, congrats on fourteen years together - you are...Wow, congrats on fourteen years together - you are such a cute couple.<br /><br />I'm sorry that you both were "stung" with paying the government because of your relationship. <br /><br />However, it's just money (albeit a lot) and just take solace in your love for each other. Some things money can't buy...Desert Divahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03484289454022517401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10949041.post-78776558103019209612009-04-13T20:34:00.000-07:002009-04-13T20:34:00.000-07:00That sucks! You are a very cute couple though. :) ...That sucks! You are a very cute couple though. :) What would happen if you just filed as married? Could that be a mode of protest? My husband and I filed married before we really were because we figured that we were common law married. Oregon isn't a common law state is it?Gardengrrrlhttp://gardensong.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10949041.post-1498771927288307722009-04-13T19:11:00.000-07:002009-04-13T19:11:00.000-07:00My partner and I did our taxes yesterday and the d...My partner and I did our taxes yesterday and the discrepancy in federal taxes was well over $2000. Not in our favor. That's not counting the federal taxes we have to pay on her health benefits from my employer.<br /><br />I would love to know what the total costs are to Oregon domestic-partnered couples. Seeing it laid out like that is maddening but (I hope) galvanizing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com