Question

are unmarried partners considered married for federal tax purposes?

Answer 1

Ans: People who are not married to each other nor to anyone else and are living together in an interpersonal relationship sharing a common domestic life are called as Domestic Partners. These people have benefits of right of survivorship, hospital visitation and other related services. These people can be partners with same gender or even opposite gender.

These individuals are not considered as married couples under the federal tax law. As they don’t have any legal agreement between them like marriage. Hence there is a separate term used for these type of couples and they are known as “registered domestic partners”.

So, if we think can these couples file tax returns under the federal tax laws as married whether filing separately or jointly, then the answer is no. These aren’t married under the State Law, so they are not allowed to file tax returns with married status.