Help create tax parity for domestic partner benefits

Did you know: Domestic Partner benefits are taxed as income? You can do something to change this? Learn what is being done to eliminate the inequitable federal taxation that employees must pay on their domestic partner benefits. For employees, this can amount to as much as $3,000 $6,000 each year. Find out how to get your company involved in the Business Coalition for Benefits Tax Equity, along with A.H. Wilder Foundation, Ameriprise Financial, BlueCross BlueShield of Minnesota, Best Buy and General Mills, four Minnesota organizations who have already joined. The Benefits Coalition for Benefits Tax Equity is a group of employers that support eliminating the federal tax inequities that result when they offer health-care coverage to the domestic partners of their employees. The Domestic Partner Health Benefits Equity Act would eliminate these federal taxes.  Frequently asked questions about providing domestic partner benefits. A short and easy-to-read review prepared by the Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy at the UCLA School of Law. return to Workplace Alliance