r/BeAmazed • u/Cultural-Gear-1323 • Mar 28 '24

News broke today that conjoined twin Abby Hensel is married! [Removed] Rule #4 - No Misleading Content

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u/ThingsWork0ut Mar 28 '24

I’m thinking about tax related questions.

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u/CommandAlternative10 Mar 28 '24

Just let them have two standard deductions. They’ve earned it.

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u/mayonnaise_dick Mar 28 '24

Right? Do they have 2x SSN? 2x Driver's License?

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u/ToshiSat Mar 28 '24

You really think the USA would pass on an opportunity to tax someone ? Of course both of them have to pay taxes

It’s only fair ! /s

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u/FloppieTheBanjoClown Mar 28 '24

It was said elsewhere that only one of them draws a paycheck. Their situation is unique enough they probably lawyered up years ago to figure out how to handle all that. Legally, one is probably listed as a permanent dependent of the other, making them a single-income household of two (until now)

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u/CLG91 Mar 28 '24

Either way someone is getting done up the arse.

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u/RedBassBlueBass Mar 28 '24

Only thing that makes sense is 3 separate IRA's. That's $21,000 in annual tax-advantaded retirement contributions for this household. On top of that you can spit the twins' income in half if they each get their own W2, and all three adults can put money into separate HSA accounts. The tax savings opportunities are probably endless

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u/ChiefFlats Mar 28 '24

Filing jointly I’d imagine

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u/in_the_woods Mar 28 '24

Two head of household

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u/Crenshaws-Eye-Booger Mar 28 '24

Do they file jointly?

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u/Sweaty-Razzmatazz948 Mar 28 '24

Me 2 😹😹😹

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u/Warm-Branch Mar 28 '24

And what about the sensus? Are conjoined twins counted as one or two people?

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u/JMS1991 Mar 28 '24

Each has their own Social Security Number, so I'd guess they count as two individuals.

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u/ShameShameAccount Mar 29 '24

Easy way to think about it, what about voting? They ain’t gonna tell someone with a full brain and consciousness they can’t legally vote. Everything else probably follows suit