If you are engaged in a formal adoption proceeding, you may be able to claim the following. For both the credit and the exclusion, qualified adoption expenses, defined in section 23(d)(1) of the Code, include:
- Reasonable and necessary adoption fees,
- Court costs and attorney fees,
- Traveling expenses (including amounts spent for meals and lodging while away from home), and
- Other expenses that are directly related to and for the principal purpose of the legal adoption of an eligible child.
To see if you qualify for the credit this year. Go to;
- Federal
- Deductions and Credits
- You and your Family
- Adoption Credit
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