{"id":2158,"date":"2015-03-10T00:19:32","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T00:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lmgw.com\/?p=2158"},"modified":"2015-03-10T00:19:32","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T00:19:32","slug":"tips-for-recently-married-or-divorced-taxpayers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lmgw.com\/wordpress\/services\/tax\/tips-for-recently-married-or-divorced-taxpayers\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips for Recently Married or Divorced Taxpayers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><\/h2>\n<p>Newlyweds and the recently divorced should ensure the name on their tax return matches the name registered with the Social Security Administration (SSA). A mismatch could unexpectedly increase a tax bill or reduce the size of any refund.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For recently married taxpayers, the tax scenario begins when the bride says &#8220;I do.&#8221; If she takes her husband&#8217;s last name, but doesn&#8217;t tell the SSA about the name change, complications may arise. For example, if the couple files a joint tax return with the bride&#8217;s new name, the IRS computers will not be able to match the new name with the Social Security number.<\/li>\n<li>After a divorce, a woman who had taken her husband&#8217;s name and made that change known to the SSA should contact the SSA if she goes back to her previous name.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you have any questions related to your requirements to the IRS after getting married or divorced, or need help changing your name with the SSA, give us a call. We&#8217;re here to help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newlyweds and the recently divorced should ensure the name on their tax return matches the name registered with the Social Security Administration (SSA). A mismatch could unexpectedly increase a tax bill or reduce the size of any refund. For recently married taxpayers, the tax scenario begins when the bride says &#8220;I do.&#8221; If she takes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tax"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lmgw.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lmgw.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lmgw.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lmgw.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lmgw.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2158"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lmgw.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2390,"href":"https:\/\/lmgw.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2158\/revisions\/2390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lmgw.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lmgw.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lmgw.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}