i am the non-custodial parent.
2007-02-16 00:56:01 · 11 answers · asked by gerald s 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
No child support can not be deducted from the Federal Tax return. It is not income to the person getting it either
2007-02-16 01:00:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately no. And the custodial parent does not have to claim it as income either (except on Home Heating Credit). So you are paying taxes on top of the support you pay, and most non-custodial parents don't get to claim the child you are supporting either. It is a messed up system. My husband supports his two boys with his ex and pays her more than she even makes, but she will not let him claim one of them to offset the taxes he has to pay. I, on the other hand, let my ex claim one of our 2 boys together so he has a tax break on the support he pays. That helps out a lot. Plus, if he is behind at all, I get part of his tax return to catch it up and that helps us all in the long run.
2007-02-16 03:04:54 · answer #2 · answered by Tink 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, you can't deduct child support. Just think of it this way....you couldn't deduct the expenses related to your child when you were married, and these are still your kids, so you can't deduct it now.
Spousal support/alimony is a different story.
2007-02-16 01:20:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
NOPE, child support is not taxable nor deductable. the children, however are.
if you pay more 50% of the child(ren) living expense, you can claim the child. there are other factors they calculate in as well (time the child lives with you, etc).
if both parents claim the child(ren), the IRS will audit both. and the one with the living reciepts that proves more then 50% wins.
TAX INFO
http://www.taxsites.com/index.htm
http://www.divorceinfo.com/taxes.htm
http://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc354.html
http://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc422.html
http://www.irs.gov/faqs/faq4-5.html
http://www.irs.gov/localcontacts/index.html
http://www.irs.gov/advocate/index.html
http://www.irs.gov/publications/p525/index.html
http://www.fms.treas.gov/faq/offsets_childsupport.html
http://money.cnn.com/2007/02/14/pf/taxes/do_not_miss_tax_breaks/index.htm?postversion=2007021411
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2007-02-18 02:51:56 · answer #4 · answered by Yvette B yvetteb 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, sorry, but child support is never deductible.
2007-02-16 01:06:54 · answer #5 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
confident, via fact the decree is silent on infant help. Federal regulation sates that the decree would assign the exemptions as long because it contraptions NO pre-situations which incorporate being contemporary on infant help. confident, i be conscious of, that sounds backwards even though it is how the regulation is explicitly worded. on your chum's case, the IRS could be certain via regulation to neglect relating to the decree and award the exemption to the custodial be certain in spite of what the decree states. It extra defines the custodial be certain via fact the only that the youngsters spend the main time with for the period of the year, whether the decree awards criminal custody to the different be certain.
2016-12-17 11:20:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not deductable
2007-02-16 00:59:25 · answer #7 · answered by wizjp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, it can not be claimed as a tax dductible, i already asked
2007-02-16 01:04:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No - unless it's in your divorce decree. In my case she got the money and I got to claim her on my taxes as a dependent as I supplied a lot more than half of her annual support.
2007-02-16 01:00:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
Lo siento, pero no.
(I'm sorry, but no.)
2007-02-16 01:05:09 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋