Updated: 4:45 am, Sat Nov 9, 2013
OKLAHOMA CITY -— The Oklahoma Tax Commission (click here) has returned payments to fewer than 10 same-sex couples, rejecting amended tax forms that had claimed married status.
The exact number is not being released because that would de facto identify the filers, said commission spokeswoman Paula Ross.
"It is a very, very low
number," Ross said. "The reason could be it is not tax season. Had it
been during filing season, the number would probably have been higher."
The tax forms were
submitted after the federal Internal Revenue Service in August announced
its married filing status would apply equally to married same-sex
couples, regardless of where they lived.
It is accepting amended filings for the past few years.
Married gay couples
living in Oklahoma wanting to take advantage of this filing status filed
jointly on the federal and state forms.
This created a quandary in Oklahoma.
A state law requires Oklahoma residents use the same filing status on state tax forms as they do on federal tax forms, but a 2004 vote changed the state's constitution to ban the recognition of same-sex marriages....
A state law requires Oklahoma residents use the same filing status on state tax forms as they do on federal tax forms, but a 2004 vote changed the state's constitution to ban the recognition of same-sex marriages....
