Nebraska is not a common law marriage state. Therefore you must each file your own individual tax returns. As for the children, assuming you lived together the entire tax year and the children lived with you, only one of you can claim each child as a dependent on your tax return. It's usually more tax advantageous for the one with the higher taxable income to claim the children. This is no problem if you and the BF are the biological parents of the children.
For direct deposit of any refunds, the name(s) on the account must match the name(s) on the electronic refund checks. If they do not, then the bank is required by law to reject the refund deposit back to the bank. So one of two things needs to happen.
- Your BF opens his own bank account with his name only on it (recommended since he is not married)
- You add your BF to your bank account, thus making it a joint account. (Not recommended for the legal problems caused if you two ever have a falling out.)
