Bill Would Address Domestic Partner Health Care Benefits
Late last week, a bipartisan group of House members introduced legislation (HR 2088) that would exempt health care benefits for domestic partners from being considered income for tax purposes. Under current law, gay employees pay higher taxes for their partners' health care benefits because the federal government does not recognize same-sex relationships as an economic unit as it does heterosexual married couples.
- "Bill Would End Taxing Benefits for Domestic Partners" (Peterson, Wall Street Journal, 6/4).