topic Hi, my divorce was final 12/20/2018 and i am under the impression i can claim my alimony in 2019 tax returns even though payments were not made until 2019 to my spouse? in Get your taxes done using TurboTax https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/hi-my-divorce-was-final-12-20-2018-and-i-am-under-the-impression-i-can-claim-my-alimony-in-2019-tax/01/206590#M84481 Sat, 01 Jun 2019 17:58:16 GMT chrizma85 2019-06-01T17:58:16Z Hi, my divorce was final 12/20/2018 and i am under the impression i can claim my alimony in 2019 tax returns even though payments were not made until 2019 to my spouse? https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/hi-my-divorce-was-final-12-20-2018-and-i-am-under-the-impression-i-can-claim-my-alimony-in-2019-tax/01/206590#M84481 Sat, 01 Jun 2019 17:58:16 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/hi-my-divorce-was-final-12-20-2018-and-i-am-under-the-impression-i-can-claim-my-alimony-in-2019-tax/01/206590#M84481 chrizma85 2019-06-01T17:58:16Z Alimony is deductible for divorces that were finalized on... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/alimony-is-deductible-for-divorces-that-were-finalized-on/01/206597#M84485 <P>Alimony is deductible for divorces that were finalized on or before 12/31/18, and continues to be deductible in future years as long as the original divorce order remains in place.</P> Sat, 01 Jun 2019 17:58:18 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/alimony-is-deductible-for-divorces-that-were-finalized-on/01/206597#M84485 Opus 17 2019-06-01T17:58:18Z