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Can i claim spousal support paid in 2020 thatwas court ordered?

Alimonies for divorces and separations finalized after 2018 are no longer taxable or deductible.

Can i claim spousal support paid in 2020 thatwas court ordered?

Beginning  Jan. 1, 2019, alimony or separate maintenance payments are not deductible from the income of the payer spouse, or includable in the income of the receiving spouse, if made under a divorce or separation agreement executed after Dec. 31, 2018. 

This also applies to a divorce or separation agreement executed on or before Dec. 31, 2018, and modified after December 31, 2018, as long as the modification:

  • changes the terms of the alimony or separate maintenance payments; and
  • states that the alimony or separate maintenance payments are not deductible by the payer spouse or includable in the income of the receiving spouse.

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