In community-property states like California, benefits given to domestic partners of employees by some employers are subject to federal taxation, as if the dollar amount of the benefits were added income to the employee. This is not true for benefits given to wives and children by employers who employ husbands; or to husbands and children by employers who employ wives. In many states, domestic partnership is offered as an alternative to marriage; why then should benefits stemming from this domestic partnership be taxed?
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