God bless the choir that kept singing. Ok, again as we have stated before, 1/2 of us is Catholic and today its Good Friday. Many of us know this is the day Jesus was crucified and died for our sins. The church production below probably isn’t the best adaptation, however, we would have contracted a case of the church giggles if we were there…
Passover is celebrated on the 15th day of the month of Nisan (Hebrew Calendar) March/April in the Gregorian calendar. It is a Samaritan and Jewish holiday that reflects on the biblical event when the Hebrews escaped enslavement from the Pharaoh of Egypt.
Commonly referred to as the “The Festival of the Unleavened Bread”, Matza is an important symbol of the holiday. To learn more about Passover, CLICK HERE
How filing our taxes as a Gay married couple are different from heterosexual, married couples:
As we all know the federal government does NOT recognize us as a married couple even though WE ARE and it doesn’t even matter where we live. Even though we are in California (one of the 18,000 legally married couples). We will pay more in taxes and receive fewer benefits than married, opposite-sex couples receive. Only point number 1 and we are already getting heated.
In regards to tax preparation. Differences in state and federal filing rules mean that married, same-sex couples must calculate 2 sets of state tax returns. Guess what? That’s more time spent on those returns and, for same-sex couples using an accountant, that’s more of an expense.
Tax punch number 3 comes through employer-based health insurance benefits. Unlike coverage for opposite-sex spouses, benefits for legally married, same-sex spouses are taxed as income to the employee.
For same-sex couples who have real estate, they can file their real state returns as a married couple! Oh but wait, since federal law prohibits them from filing their federal tax return as a married couple, the forms require tax calculations from state returns completed as if they were single.
Passover is celebrated on the 15th day of the month of Nisan (Hebrew Calendar) March/April in the Gregorian calendar. It is a Samaritan and Jewish holiday that reflects on the biblical event when the Hebrews escaped enslavement from the Pharaoh of Egypt.
How filing our taxes as a Gay married couple are different from heterosexual, married couples:
