Married Couples: To File Taxes Joint or Separate? I Mark Kohler

Mark Kohler, senior tax advisor at TaxSlayer, discusses if you should file taxes jointly or separately if you are married.
Married filing jointly is generally better than filing separately. You get the dependent care expense, the adoption expense, and double the standard deduction.
Instances when filing separately pays off: when you and your spouse make the same amount of money. Some itemized deductions are more beneficial on a personal level.

[@healthyneighborhood740]

What he says is correct. It really depends on what each of you earn. The best married tax scenario is if one makes all the income and the other is a home maker.

[@godFATHERfrazer]

Shortened version: It depends, buy our software🤡

[@GLICIOUS21]

😂😂 Exactly. Just lost 3 minutes of my life just for this EXPERT to tell me to run it through the software 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@jasonfuqua4284]

Bruh... I don’t want hear ripping guitars when a dude is telling me how to do my taxes.

[@ws6transam2k2]

Dead lol

[@raleighkathman214]

No one is more rock and roll than a tax guy

[@candycane4852]

Hey just be happy someone can teach us something

[@goblinPing]

I feel that. Riff is good! but as a whole I feel like I’m getting advice from a ‘get-rich-quick-scheme’

[@BetoVelandiaOriginal]

He is a cool dude

[@themoon1319]

I love the video, but the music is to much...

[@josiahrivera6747]

Too** the music is TOO much ;)

[@masteringthebasics3806]

Wah

[@juanpinela56]

My wife and I are separated
All of 2023 and currently
All expenses were split 50/50
Including College Tuition
I have no idea what to do with my taxes
Need help

[@capturethemoment381]

I'm married, and my wife and I will file separately. I'm paying on a loan for my house, and my wife is paying on a loan for her house. Can I get a write-off for my home and the RV if I purchase an RV this next year with payments?

[@heathererickson6216]

We are not REQUIRED to file federal income tax period!

[@Alefator]

What do you mean?

[@jar7840]

You should. If taxes are being taken out of paycheck, so should file taxes, because the money you get back is money that YOU overpaid in the first place.

[@alirezababaei4279]

where is the SW he is talking about? BTW, thanks for the video and help.

[@prv3110]

What should I do if I want to increase federal withholding tax, married filing joint? I think something is wrong because my W-2 showed that there's only $17.25 federal tax withheld for the entire year of 2022. We ended up paying. So what should I do going forward?

[@varence7007]

Is love in marriage mandatory?

[@alexandersolis2121]

no

[@Jcauto-t4r]

Thanks for the vid. I do have a question …
I’ve filed together with my wife last year, however she got her insurance license etc and started to do business without saving money for taxes ( obviously not deducted while getting paid commissions ) in addition she was not getting deducted the right amount of taxes at her work, now “we” more than likely owe money to the IRS, should/can I filed taxes individually this year or I’m I obligated to do joint ? Thanks

[@TouficTannous]

@1:10
When a married couple file separately, does each filer get the $12,200? If so, wouldn't the standard deduction in this case be the same as filing jointly?

[@Selfdefense4k]

thats what i was thinking too. i want to know the answer as well

[@claytonlachance4920]

I guess the only case it wouldn’t be is if one of you is making less than that 12,200. Which is probably very rare

[@yuseong__2562]

I hope you read this !
I'm in a complex tax situation, I am a waitress and this tax return I owe a little over $3k because supposedly of my dependents & not enough taxes was taken out throughout 2021, anyways long story short. Can I file my taxes separately from my husband and use a possible return to pay my spouse's tax liability? Once I added my spouse's w2 information, I ended up owing instead of receiving.

[@XF.C.X]

Can we file married but separate even if we live together?

[@DT_123]

Yes

[@SP91223]

If I work in California but my spouse working in different state, can we file married file jointly if it benifits us?

[@markjohnson8260]

Absolutely yes.

[@moe433]

Can you file Jointly for Federal and Married Filing Separately for State ???

[@heathererickson6216]

We are all filing GIFTING forms to the IRS by VOLUNTEERING to be a public office and lying on these forms to say you are something you are DEFINATELY NOT! Under PENALTY AND PERJURY. HAVE FUN GIFTING!! Look at the forms and their DEFINITIONS .

[@sandradavila9121]

Hi, my husband was unemployed during 2019, and only I made money, so should we fill out Form 1040 joint or separately?

[@nickwilke9800]

Did you figure this out I have the same question.

[@sandradavila9121]

@@nickwilke9800 yes, it is joint. Even this can be beneficial, and you could get a tax credit.

[@nickwilke9800]

@@sandradavila9121 thank you

[@DT_123]

Lotta these points invalid

[@mariselanajarrodriguez2517]

What if the spouse doesn't work and also dosen't have a ssn

[@ashainderjeet9857]

Applied for a itin

[@jjpark4075]

Not eough examples given in this video. Learned nothing.

[@randallstrickland3777]

How about if one gets ssdi

[@mw3flowers]

Ask a CPA (certified public accountant).

[@jayjay-iu3wc]

Like seriously I like rock music but if I wanted to hear music id be listening to Spotify 🤷🤷🤦🤦

[@DickShooter]

3 years late I know, you're lighting is weird.

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This is a commercial. Thumbs down

[@joniwestbrook7962]

What a waste of time

[@MrGeomeirelles]

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