https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 06 May 2026 13:09:45 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/totally-not-baby-related-tax-questionfile-single-or-married#post-486255 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:54:35 +0000 T.H.O.U. 486255@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ms.janedoe: Turbo Tax is great even for doing taxes together. I think what I did was do everything as MFJ because that is what works best for MOST people. Then once you get everything entered you can play with turbo tax and change it to MFS and see what it would come up with. If you both make roughly the same amount it is best to do MFJ. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/totally-not-baby-related-tax-questionfile-single-or-married#post-486155 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:24:48 +0000 Turd Ferguson 486155@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks, everyone!!! It's been super easy in the past, I just dump my stuff into Turbo Tax and call it good; hopefully this year is relatively simple! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/totally-not-baby-related-tax-questionfile-single-or-married#post-486148 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:23:58 +0000 MrsBrewer 486148@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Jennimac: Oh you know what I think we meant the same thing. i was just saying that I didn't think she could file "Single" She would either have to file "Married filing Jointly" or "Married filing Seperately" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/totally-not-baby-related-tax-questionfile-single-or-married#post-486141 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:23:00 +0000 MrsBrewer 486141@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Jennimac: Interesting!! You learn something new everyday! Well.....with taxes I think you can study it for a lifetime and still learn new things! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/totally-not-baby-related-tax-questionfile-single-or-married#post-486138 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:22:44 +0000 singingbee 486138@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@alie: this is what I meant to say!!! You file as married but either jointly or separately. We filed separately the first year and jointly the second year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/totally-not-baby-related-tax-questionfile-single-or-married#post-486132 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:21:36 +0000 singingbee 486132@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsBrewer: you can! We did!<br /> Edit: alie cleared up my silly head---you file as married, but jointly or separately. We filed separately the first year and jointly the second year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/totally-not-baby-related-tax-questionfile-single-or-married#post-486131 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:21:30 +0000 fairefaire 486131@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You'll be filing as Married, but it's up to you whether to file Jointly or Separately -- which way will get you the most back depends on a variety of factors... filing Jointly doesn't always get you the most (although I think it does most often?). </p> <p>We file Married/Separately. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/totally-not-baby-related-tax-questionfile-single-or-married#post-486130 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:21:17 +0000 singingbee 486130@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We got more filing jointly. That said the first year we were married and filed, we filed jointly because we were both single. I don't know about yours since you were mostly single the year you were doing taxes. Maybe ask a CPA or tax prep place. This year we did file jointly and we actually got<br /> Something back. I used to pay. Always. Not a lot, but still. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/totally-not-baby-related-tax-questionfile-single-or-married#post-486127 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:20:42 +0000 loveisstrange 486127@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The first year we were married we did our taxes out both ways just to see and the "married filing jointly" status got us WAY more back. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/totally-not-baby-related-tax-questionfile-single-or-married#post-486115 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:18:46 +0000 MrsBrewer 486115@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think for most people you get the most back when you file married filing jointly. I know there are a couple circumstances where filing married filing seperately is more beneficial though, but I think those are pretty few and far between.</p> <p>Plus I think that if you are legally married, I don't think you could file single? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/totally-not-baby-related-tax-questionfile-single-or-married#post-486111 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:18:06 +0000 JoJoGirl 486111@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't know which would be better so ran it both ways on turbo tax and picked the one with the better return. I think you have to file married for the year you get married but can do it separately or jointly. We did "married filing jointly". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/totally-not-baby-related-tax-questionfile-single-or-married#post-486108 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:16:51 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 486108@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You get the most back if you file "married filing jointly". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/totally-not-baby-related-tax-questionfile-single-or-married#post-486102 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:15:33 +0000 Turd Ferguson 486102@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>OK, question. So DH and I just got married at the end of October. Looking forward to this tax season, should we file as married or single (oh man, plus there's all that, "married filing jointly/seperate" and stuff...)? I've tried my best to use the Googles to figure it out and I'm just sooo confused. I keep hearing condraticting things; some people say it's better to file jointly, others say it's not... </p> <p>Help?! :( </p>