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Sen. Elizabeth Warren proposes law to allow same-sex couples to get tax refunds owed to them

Source: https://cnbc.com/2019/06/20/sen-elizabeth-warren-floats-law-to-speed-same-sex-couple-tax-refunds.html - Jun 21, 2019

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) reintroduced a bill that would allow married same-sex couples to file joint amended federal tax returns and collect refunds for as long as they have been married.

In a key 2013 case, U.S. v. Windsor, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that section three of the Defense of Marriage Act was unconstitutional, barring the federal government from failing to recognize gay and lesbian couples who were legally married.

The decision granted same-sex spouses a bevy of federal rights, including the ability to claim spousal Social Security benefits and the ability to file a joint income tax return.

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