Timmy and Tammy live in Dallas. On a whim, they flew to Vegas on New Year’s Eve 2019 and got married by “Elvis” at the Little White Wedding Chapel on the Strip (legal in Nevada!). The thing is, by the time Elvis did the deed, it was 11:45 (15 minutes to midnight) in Vegas. But Texas is in an earlier time zone, so we stay-at-homes were well into 2020 by the time Elvis, 1,200 miles to the west, finished with Timmy and Tammy’s quickie marriage. Can Timmy and Tammy file a joint return for 2019? Or, because it was already 2020 here in their state of residency by the time they wed, do they have to wait to file jointly until their 2020 return? What’s your advice to them, and why
Timmy and Tammy live in Dallas. On a whim, they flew to Vegas on New Year’s Eve 2019 and got married by “Elvis” at the Little White Wedding Chapel on the Strip (legal in Nevada!). The thing is, by the time Elvis did the deed, it was 11:45 (15 minutes to midnight) in Vegas. But Texas is in an earlier time zone, so we stay-at-homes were well into 2020 by the time Elvis, 1,200 miles to the west, finished with Timmy and Tammy’s quickie marriage. Can Timmy and Tammy file a joint return for 2019? Or, because it was already 2020 here in their state of residency by the time they wed, do they have to wait to file jointly until their 2020 return? What’s your advice to them, and why
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Timmy and Tammy live in Dallas. On a whim, they flew to Vegas on New Year’s Eve 2019 and got married by “Elvis” at the Little White Wedding Chapel on the Strip (legal in Nevada!). The thing is, by the time Elvis did the deed, it was 11:45 (15 minutes to midnight) in Vegas. But Texas is in an earlier time zone, so we stay-at-homes were well into 2020 by the time Elvis, 1,200 miles to the west, finished with Timmy and Tammy’s quickie marriage.
Can Timmy and Tammy file a joint return for 2019? Or, because it was already 2020 here in their state of residency by the time they wed, do they have to wait to file jointly until their 2020 return? What’s your advice to them, and why?
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