Date: Thursday August 26, 2004
Time: 01:20 PM -0700
QUESTION:
I am going to get married on Nov 20, 2004. I started to work in B.C. on June 14, 2004. I have UI paid to me from Jan to Feb 2004. My finacee works throughtout the year. I would like to know for year 2004 personal income tax, should I choose to file the personal income tax return together with my husband-to-be or we should file it separately? Someone told me that if I want to have tax advantage, I have to get married after Dec 27, 2004. I don't understand why. I also want to know:
1) what are the tax advantage to file is together and separate?
2) In my case, should I file is together?
Thanks you very much for your help!
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david ingram replies:
Before 1984 there was an advantage to getting married at the "end" of the year and I was married myself on Dec 31st, 1982. My new (and now ex) wife claimed "me" as her deduction.
That advantage was taken away in 84 or 85.
There is no advantage to you for being married on Dec 27th.
You will have to file your own tax return and your spouse will file their's. Each of you will have to put the other's name, line 236 net income amount, and social insurance number on their own return in teh heading area of page one.
The only disadvantage you will have by being married is that your incomes are now added together for the purpose of either of you getting the GST credit and renter's and sales tax credits in some provinces
There is no joint return in Canada although if either of you had an income of less than $8,000 total for the whole year and no tax deducted, you would not have to file your own return and your spouse would report your income on his or her return as above. Some people use the term that you filed "together" but that is not the case. Your spouse filed and you did not file (or vice versa) in that case.
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