Tax Question May Determine Supreme Court’s Position on Same-Sex Marriage

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in two cases that may decide the constitutionality of same-sex marriage. One of the two cases, U.S. v. Windsor, came to the Court by way of the tax code. In Windsor the high court will consider whether the decedant’s same-sex spouse qualified for the unlimited marital deduction under IRC Section 2056(a). Whether, and how, the court ultimately rules remains to be seen but the tax code may once again be the basis for a far-reaching decision out of the Supreme Court.

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