Elizabeth Warren Introduces Bill to Refund Same-Sex Couples of $57 Million Worth of Taxes
Senator (and current Democratic presidential hopeful) Elizabeth Warren has introduced a bill to refund same-sex couples more than $57 million worth of taxes.
Many same-sex couples were legally married in ten states before the Defense of Marriage Act was struck down in 2013. Prior to this they were forced to file taxes as individuals instead of as a couple, thereby paying more tax than they should have.
Warren’s Refund Equality Act aims to compensate these couples for being overtaxed.
“It wasn’t until marriage equality became law that gay & lesbian couples could jointly file tax returns—so they paid more in taxes. Our government owes them more than $50m for the years our discriminatory tax code left them out. We must right these wrongs,” Warren said in a tweet.
“The federal government forced legally married same-sex couples in Massachusetts to file as individuals and pay more in taxes for almost a decade.
“We need to call out that discrimination and to make it right — Congress should pass the Refund Equality Act immediately.”
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