This is kind of a long story but here it goes.

OK so i am I a college student and engaged to be married. According to my school I am a dependent of my mother until i am 24 or married. I haven't lived with my mom in 3 yrs and she hasn't claimed me on her taxes for her 2008 taxes, furthermore she didn't file at all for 2009, ( she owes is my guess, but i doubt she will file again next year) and this is hindering my chances for financial aide i couldn't get anything last year i had to take out a student loan and this year was a bunch of paper work and headache.

So my finance and I decided that maybe we should get married in aug just so i can eliminate the need for my mothers taxes and go off of ours, so my question is: if we get married in august, for my 2010 taxes will i file as single because i was single from January until we get married in Aug or do i file as married? I've already called the IRS and she couldn't give me any answers because she said that they are still in 2009 tax year, but the whole point of us getting married earlier than planned is to avoid the need for our parents' taxes for our college schooling.

So if anyone got married Mid year how did u file? or if anyone is in the tax or accounting business can you please give me some insight because I am so tired of jumping through these hoops and i will continue to have to do this for several years and i need to cut out the middleman so to speak.

Thank You!