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Per IRS Tax Topic 452 (https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc452.html:(
"Amounts paid to a spouse or a former spouse under a divorce
or separation instrument (including a
divorce
decree, a separate
maintenance
decree, or a written separation agreement) may be
alimony
for federal tax purposes.
Alimony
is deductible by the payer spouse, and the recipient spouse must include it in income."
TT 452 also includes the following list of requirements for determining that a sum is alimony:
"A payment is alimony only if all the following requirements are met:
Further, IRS goes on to state what is not considered alimony:
"Not all payments under a divorce or separation instrument are alimony. Alimony doesn't include:
Child support is never deductible and isn't considered income. Additionally, if a divorce or separation instrument provides for alimony and child support, and the payer spouse pays less than the total required, the payments apply to child support first. Only the remaining amount is considered alimony."
In TurboTax, you'll enter alimony under the Federal Taxes tab (or Personal, if working in TurboTax Self-Employed or Home & Business), then select Deductions & Credits, then scroll down to Other Deductions & Credits and click on Alimony Paid. Then follow the prompts.
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