Can expenses for re-adoption of child be deducted

dibo1010 — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 04:56:31 GMT

we adopted a child from china in 2005. In 2016 we did the re-adoption in the USA, can the expenses for the re-adoption be deducted?

Yes, re-adoption expenses can be deducted on your 2016 in...

SeanE1 — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 04:56:32 GMT

Yes, re-adoption expenses can be deducted on your 2016 income tax return. I have included a LINK below that discusses what you need to do in terms of submitting Form 8839.

https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/tax-tips/IRS-Tax-Forms/What-Is-IRS-Form-8839--Qualified-Adopti...

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Can expenses for re-adoption of child be deducted

Yes, re-adoption expenses can be deducted on your 2016 in...