Hi heartgems68,
Reading your post, and the prior post discussion you had (https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/government-retirementl-partial-arrears-lump-...), this is what I see occurred:
- You received an overpayment from OPM that should have been allocated to your ex-spouse.
- A judge ordered you to pay those funds to your ex-spouse, less the court's determined amount for taxes.
- You are inquiring if the net amount you sent to your ex-spouse is a deduction to your 2024 income.
Based on this information, this payment is not a deductible item on your tax return. In effect, you received the income, and was yours until ordered to send it to your ex-spouse by a court. In this scenario, the tax liability for this specific payment would remain yours, which it seems why the court made an adjustment in the amount ordered to be paid to your ex-spouse, to account for the tax liability.
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