The IBT Pulse Newsletter keeps you connected to the most significant stories unfolding in the international economy. Identical sex couples who entered into a marriage in a state or jurisdiction that recognizes very same sex marriages in 2013 should file both their federal and Illinois tax returns as married filing jointly” or as married filing separately.” Couples who file federal returns as married filing jointly,” or as married filing separately,” do not have to file the Schedule CU in Illinois.

A man and a woman involving whom a customary marriage exists could enter in a civil union marriage (Marriage Act of 1961), if neither of them is a spouse in another subsisting customary marriage with any other particular person. The U.S. Supreme Court overturned Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act in June 2013, enabling the federal government to recognize similar-sex marriages.

Couples currently in a civil union will … Read the rest >>>