Tax Year 2018 or earlier If in my divorce decree I pay one amount for child support, another amt for alimony and a third amt for childcare to my ex spouse, is the child care amount deductible?

fdanback · ‎June 6, 2019

BobinCT · ‎June 6, 2019

No. The alimony is, child support is not, and childcare is not unless you are the domiciliary parent for the child in question.

**Tax Year 2018 or earlier** If in my divorce decree I pay one amount for child support, another amt for alimony and a third amt for childcare to my ex spouse, is the child care amount deductible?