[WSBAPT] Filing jointly vs separately and effect on CP

[Mark Higgins]

Jennifer--Filing jointly shouldn't affect the underlying character of the
income or the assets generating the income.  However, how they privately
determine their shares of the tax might be an issue.  For example, if wife
has more income showing on the return, one would think her separate assets
would kick in their share of the tax burden.​

Mark

On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 1:05 PM, Jennifer Y. Sohn <jennifer at sohn-law.com>
wrote:

> Hi, I was wondering if filing tax returns jointly vs separately has any
> impact on whether the reported assets are considered community or separate
> property. One of my clients has kept her separate assets separate from the
> community property and has also been filing the tax returns separately too.
> She and her husband are having discussions about filing jointly, and we are
> wondering if that will be considered commingling. I don’t think it would,
> but please let me know if you have any insights about this.
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> Thanks in advance.
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> Best regards,
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> Jennifer Y. Sohn
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Mark T. Higgins
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