Dumb Dumb DOMA

Strange, and I would like to know who makes up the rules?  We spent an hour with this tax guy. The deal was, if he could find a cheaper tax for us to pay, we would use him and pay, if not, no deal. It's part of H&R Block services. They will look your taxes over and see if they can come up with a better deal than who ever prepared the tax. This tax guy couldn't come up with a better deal, but he did print out everything so that it was understandable. I have to give credit to H&R Block for doing a hell of a good job without making any money off it.

There is one big difference, We could understand this guy. He explained it as he got all the info about this new twist in the IRS. That's the strange part.

It turns out that last May, they changed the rules for domestic partners and same sex marriages.  They are not treated exactly as married, and as far as filing, it is more money because you can't do a joint return for the feds, only California. They made same sex marriage and domestic partnerships community property. Now, depending on the State, depends on how they look at community property. Not all states define it in the same terms and that's where it gets strange for California.

In California, it is not community property if it was not bought during the partnership but if you both use funds made from the community property then it is.   Which means in our case you could make a case for either way, but when he ran the numbers for both, it comes out cheaper using this new system. I pay more but Wally pays less and, as it turns out, is slightly in our favor. 

Here's the catch. We can't change it until the end of DOMA.  Until then, this is what the IRS has come up for us queer folk. It's kind of like being a nigger, they still fuck you without the Vaseline, they just tell you how good it feels cause you're a fag.