In Legal Terms
In Legal Terms
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In Legal Terms: Divorce and Taxes
46 minutes Posted Mar 10, 2020 at 3:08 pm.
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Professor Richard Gershon (author of seventh edition of “A Student’s Guide to the Internal Revenue Code (with Professor Jeffrey A. Maine) talks about the tax issues surrounding divorce

  • Alimony - paid is taxable for divorces (or modified decrees ) after 2019. It's not taxable if received.
  • Child Support payments - never has been taxable
  • Property Settlements - basis stays the same when transferred from one spouse to another.


Release/Revocation of Release of Claim to Exemption for Child by Custodial Parent https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-form-8332

Publication 504 (2019), Divorced or Separated Individuals https://www.irs.gov/publications/p504

Here’s the new tax-advantaged way to pay alimony https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/14/heres-the-new-tax-advantaged-way-to-pay-alimony.html




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