Married Filing Jointly

Worked on 1040s & 540s over the weekend.

I should have worked on them earlier, but things have to fall into place first to get things started... or that's the excuse procrastinators like me use.

Didn't help that Popo decided to show up a week later... or that it'd take me 2 weeks to recover.

Anyhoo, I learned a lot about "married filing jointly"... or "separately" for that matter.

I thought the latter would be easier, since there were a lot of changes in my overall life last year. But it made things more complicated. Shouldn't we be considered individuals, especially if we've been married for less than half the year last year?

So "jointly," it is.

I am looking forward to next year, when we can claim another exemption.