My fiance and I are getting married in November, can we file a joint return?

My fiance and I are getting married in the beginning of November and I heard if we're married before December 31, then we would be considered married the whole year, Is this true?My fiance and I are getting married in November, can we file a joint return?
From IRS publication 501:





';Married persons. If you are considered married for the whole year, you and your spouse can file a joint return, or you can file separate returns.





Considered married. You are considered married for the whole year if on the last day of your tax year you and your spouse meet any one of the following tests.





1. You are married and living together as husband and wife.


2. You are living together in a common law marriage that is recognized in the state where you now live or in the state where the common law marriage began.


3. You are married and living apart, but not legally separated under a decree of divorce or separate maintenance.


4. You are separated under an interlocutory (not final) decree of divorce. For purposes of filing a joint return, you are not considered divorced.';





So as long as you're married on Dec. 31st, you can file joint.





Also ownlee_me, you can't file as a single, though you could do married filing single, but usually that's not a good idea.My fiance and I are getting married in November, can we file a joint return?
Correct. As long as you are married before 2007 rings in, you are good to file joint.
yes, as long as you are married before Dec 31
Yes. And you'll get a tax break as well. As Long as you are married by Dec 31 you'll file joinly for that entire year.
I don't know. I got married in July and we are doing seperate taxes this year since we weren't married for half of the year.
Yes you can file a joint return. You are right, if you are married before dec 31st you do file a joint. Same as if you had a baby Dec. 31 @ 11:58 pm you can still use that child on ur tax return. As long as it happen before 12am on jan 1st. Besides, you'll get a good refund since you have been claiming single the other months. So congradulation on the new marriage!!





Ownlee me--- U can alway Amend you return. If you feel that you could of file jointly. You will have to filed married separtly if you are in a trans to gettin divorced or just legally separted. Not if you just married and was only married half of the year. If you were just married, in the tax law, u are concidered married all year. True for common law marriages too.
Yes, you will be able file jointly. The December 31 cutoff is correct.

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