Senators call on IRS to clear up rules for same-sex couples

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43500802/ns/business-personal_finance/

The debate over same-sex marriage has made its way to an unlikely sector of government: the Internal Revenue Service.

This week, eight Democratic U.S. senators sent a letter to IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman, calling on the IRS to clear up confusion for same-sex couples who encounter problems trying to file accurate tax returns.

The issue is burdensome because some same-sex couples end up having to file state taxes as a married couple but federal taxes as individuals, said Camilla Taylor, marriage project coordinator for Lambda Legal, which advocates for gay rights.

Advertise | AdChoices“It is a big problem for people who file their taxes (and) who live in states where they have validly married and yet the federal government denies any respect for their marriage,” Taylor said.

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1. Unlikely? The IRS is the cheif enforcer of anti equality rules and

regulations. They are the most likely sector of government to be involved in this so called debate, anyone who would think it 'unlikely' has got to be straight.