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The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service announced <span tabindex="0" class=""><span class="">on Thursday</span></span>
that they would treat legal same-sex marriages the same as heterosexual
marriages for federal tax purposes. The new policy, which comes in
response to a June Supreme Court ruling that overturned a key portion of
the Defense of Marriage Act, allows same-sex spouses to file tax
returns as married couples regardless of whether they live in
jurisdictions that recognize gay unions.<br>
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<a href="http://link.email.washingtonpost.com/r/1BAF0O/TPN7B5/XHWO4R/GKKEVCF/2OO57P/6C/h?a=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/wp/2013/08/29/irs-to-treat-same-sex-marriages-equally-for-tax-purposes/" target="_blank">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/wp/2013/08/29/irs-to-treat-same-sex-marriages-equally-for-tax-purposes/</a>
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