Baby was adopted and placed in our home Oct 1, 2018. All legal and adoption fees were paid in 2018. Adoption will be final March 4, 2019. We do not know if we can claim adoption credit on 2018 taxes or wait until 2019 taxes.
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You will claim your expenses on your 2019 tax return. Please read the information below and click the IRS link at the bottom to learn more.
The IRS timing rules for claiming qualified adoption expenses differ, depending on the type of adoption.
https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc607
You will claim your expenses on your 2019 tax return. Please read the information below and click the IRS link at the bottom to learn more.
The IRS timing rules for claiming qualified adoption expenses differ, depending on the type of adoption.
https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc607
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