In 2018 my spouse started drawing pension payments. Per his divorce agreement his ex-wife was entitled to half of his pension but would need to file a Qildro to receive her half, which she did not file until this year. We assumed she would never file, as they had been divorced for 25 years; unfortunately, this ended up in the courts and my spouse lost the suit. We just paid his ex-wife a large judgement for her half of the pension he drew from 2018 to 2023.
Question - because we already paid (a lot) of taxes on these pension receipts/payments, do we send her a 1099 for the cash settlement of her half, paid directly to her, as a result of the legal judgement? If so, which one? 1099R? 1099MISC?
We spoke to the IRS and they stated to report under "Alimony" on our taxes. Is that correct?
Any advice is greatly appreciated!
