Same-sex couples could only file joint returns starting in 2013.
Evidence
This chapter focuses on opposite-sex marriages. It was not until 2013 that same-sex couples were allowed to file joint tax returns, although the IRS did allow couples to amend prior tax returns going back to 2010. Because the Census Bureau data analyzed in this chapter is from 2010, only opposite-sex marriages will be analyzed. — Dorothy A. Brown, The Whiteness of Wealth, 639
Categorization
Category: Factual Claims
- XREF: Directly relevant to the reader’s method memo — she is transparently flagging the data limitation and its scope constraint.