Virginia Taxation Department breaks with U.S. treatment of same-sex married couples

Virginia Taxation Department breaks with U.S. treatment of same-sex married couples
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/virginia-taxation-department-breaks-with-us-treatment-of-same-sex-married-couples/2013/12/01/63d64dbc-56da-11e3-835d-e7173847c7cc_story.html

By Fredrick Kunkle, Published: December 1

Virginia may be for lovers, but for same-sex married couples who already had to go elsewhere to tie the knot, tax time could present new burdens.

The reason is a recent decision by Virginia’s tax collectors to treat gay couples differently than the IRS does.

The Virginia Department of Taxation, after consulting with Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II’s office, has ruled that the state will not conform to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service’s new tax treatment of same-sex married couples because state law and a state constitutional amendment prohibit recognition of gay marriage.

As a result, gay couples must now file their federal tax returns as married couples — either jointly or separately — but will have to file Virginia tax returns as single individuals.

Cuccinelli can't move out of that office fast enough. I will be so relieved not to have to pay his salary anymore.