I also think that in the U.S. you shouldn’t lie on your taxes
I would certainly never attach my name to any suggestion that I endorse lying to the IRS.
This example particularly amuses me, since this is the first year in a while where I won’t have to lie on my federal tax return about my marital status, and I’m really happy about that.
No doubt! I do wonder what JRMayne would say about cases like yours, though. To me it seems obvious that you did nothing wrong in those previous years.
(nods) I think even by the government’s standards, I didn’t actually do anything wrong. Come to that, I’m not sure I was even lying, technically speaking, as I’m not sure if filing single-head-of-household is technically asserting that I’m unmarried in the first place. It just felt like it.
Assuming it is asserting that you’re not married, it’s asserting that you’re not married by the Federal tax definition. You weren’t, so it’s not a lie.
This example particularly amuses me, since this is the first year in a while where I won’t have to lie on my federal tax return about my marital status, and I’m really happy about that.
That’s not lying. To see this try tabooing “marital status”.
No doubt! I do wonder what JRMayne would say about cases like yours, though. To me it seems obvious that you did nothing wrong in those previous years.
(nods) I think even by the government’s standards, I didn’t actually do anything wrong. Come to that, I’m not sure I was even lying, technically speaking, as I’m not sure if filing single-head-of-household is technically asserting that I’m unmarried in the first place. It just felt like it.
Assuming it is asserting that you’re not married, it’s asserting that you’re not married by the Federal tax definition. You weren’t, so it’s not a lie.