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Why in the world would alimony be tax deductible? Or receiving alimony be taxed?
Who dreams this nonsense up? Never mind, duh. The lawyer lobby.
^This is my question. The alimony payer likely pays tax on their income before the alimony receiver receives it and then the receiver must pay tax on it again? I have never been in a divorce alimony child support situation so this is news to me. Pretty stupid and ingenious at the same time if you are the taxing authority.
No they won’t because the courts will not get over involved in such a way as to control a debit card and somehow ensure only arbitrary percentages get used for a child. Ensuring support is being paid at all is hard work enough, courts will not start to enforce your ideas because it’s too intrusive.
When a child lives in a home, many home expenses benefit or go towards the child and childcare. Period. You cannot easily pick apart what percentages of what are used for the child. It gets far too complicated.
My point exactly. Just as with things like foodstamps it can’t be itemized so specifically.
Last edited by Tigerlily87; 12-25-2017 at 07:00 AM..
You know people do fall out of love, happens all the time. Why stay married in that? Life is too short.
We were married in California and our marriage lasted 25 years. I was madly in love with my ex-wife for the first 15 years of our marriage. The last 10 years were sad, bitter, and downright painful. We were legally separated before deciding to get a divorce.
Our squabbles began when she entered menopause. No matter how much I and our children begged her to seek medical help, she would not budge and refused any and all type of assistance.
To make a long story short, by court decree, during our legal separation, I gave her all proceeds from the sale of our house in exchange for not taking me to court for alimony. We both agreed to this and the court endorsed it. Three years later she took me to court for alimony and was awarded lifetime spousal support.
End result:
Although I've been a full time worker since age 19, I've been practically destitute since the divorce. I can't even afford to rent an apartment. She on the other hand, owns a house free and clear and works a part time job 4 days per week. My only saving grace is the fact that I can still deduct a portion of my spousal support payments from federal income taxes.
As if existing alimony laws weren't painful enough, the 2019 Federal Alimony laws add insult to injury and add yet another layer of unfairness to an antiquated system which should be meticulously scrutinized.
The solution is to make sure the wife works before the kids come. The days of the stay at home mom are coming to a close fast. It takes two to provide nowadays. (Unless you are a high roller) all hands on deck....
We were married in California and our marriage lasted 25 years. I was madly in love with my ex-wife for the first 15 years of our marriage. The last 10 years were sad, bitter, and downright painful. We were legally separated before deciding to get a divorce.
Our squabbles began when she entered menopause. No matter how much I and our children begged her to seek medical help, she would not budge and refused any and all type of assistance.
To make a long story short, by court decree, during our legal separation, I gave her all proceeds from the sale of our house in exchange for not taking me to court for alimony. We both agreed to this and the court endorsed it. Three years later she took me to court for alimony and was awarded lifetime spousal support.
End result:
Although I've been a full time worker since age 19, I've been practically destitute since the divorce. I can't even afford to rent an apartment. She on the other hand, owns a house free and clear and works a part time job 4 days per week. My only saving grace is the fact that I can still deduct a portion of my spousal support payments from federal income taxes.
As if existing alimony laws weren't painful enough, the 2019 Federal Alimony laws add insult to injury and add yet another layer of unfairness to an antiquated system which should be meticulously scrutinized.
Did you consult an attorney? You got screwed. Maybe you can see if you can do some damage control with another attorney (if you can afford it)
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I have never been in a divorce alimony child support situation so this is news to me. Pretty stupid and ingenious at the same time if you are the taxing authority.
