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No.  According to the IRS Report on Form 1099-MISC only when payments are made in the course of your trade or business. Personal payments are not reportable. You are engaged in a trade or business if you operate for gain or profit. 

 

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The IRS alimony rules are about who pays the taxes on the payments.  The payments are not considered alimony, which is taxable to the recipient, if under a ruling in 2018 or earlier, so they are taxable income to you.    

 

  

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