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DC Announces Joint and Married Filing Separately Options for Domestic Partners and Same-sex Spouses

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

On January 12, 2010 the District of Columbia’s Office of Tax and Revenue (DC OTR) announced that individuals who are registered domestic partners in the District or are in similar relationships from other jurisdictions or will be able to file jointly, or married filing separately, on a combined return for the tax year 2009. Further, subject to approval by the U.S. Congress, expected by March 2, 2010, same-sex individuals who were married in other jurisdictions will be able to file jointly, or married filing separately, on a combined form for the tax year 2009. To avoid having to file amended returns later, same-sex spouses are advised to defer filing their DC personal income returns until after March 2, 2010 . (more…)