I received this question: My fiance and I bought the house together but a lot of the documents that you said we should sent to the IRS are only in her name. Should she file everything only under her name and take the full refund or should we file everything together and thus split the total refund. Let me know which avenue we should take and how we should file.
They live in a state that recognizes common law marriage, so they can file a joint return.
It looks to me like they could file jointly and get the $ 8000 even though his name is not on all the documents. Am I wrong?