Spousal Support

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January 26, 2022
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Do I have to include spousal support in my filling of 2021 taxes?

DoninGA

Level 15

You can't deduct alimony or separate maintenance payments made under a divorce or separation agreement (1) executed after 2018, or (2) executed before 2019 but later modified if the modification expressly states the repeal of the deduction for alimony payments applies to the modification. Alimony and separate maintenance payments you receive under such an agreement are not included in your gross income.

Was the divorce or separation agreement executed after 2018? If so, then you do not enter any spousal support on your 2021 tax return.

Granofsix06Author

Level 2

My Divorce was in 2019, payments started in January 2021.

Thank you

MayaD

Alumni - Intuit

Alimony (spousal support) you received should be reported as income if the divorce or separation agreement is executed by December 31, 2018. Don't report child support.

Alimony payments resulting from agreements executed after 2018 no longer have to be reported due to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) that Congress signed into law on December 22, 2017. The same holds true for agreements modified after 2018 if the new version specifically states that the TCJA treatment of nonreportable alimony payments now applies.

For more information please check Do I need to report alimony I received from a former spouse?

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