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Tax deduction for post-separation payments

#780615 - 03/21/12 10:34 AM

Hi, new here.
I've been legally separated since Feb, 2010. My x-wife and I own the home she is living in. She does not work. She and my two kids have lived in our house and I have paid all expenses to keep them living there since the separation date. This includes mortgage, tax, utilities, insurance,food, etc...
We have an agreed-upon separation date that is on all of our court papers, but we never had a financial agreement written up until recently.
Looking at IRS publication 504, i THINK I'm entitled to claim much of that as alimony, but I'm not certain. Would anyone here have some good information they can share???

Much appreciated!!!

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Re: Tax deduction for post-separation payments

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#781162 - 03/29/12 01:54 PM

No, support payments are only deductible if they are required by, and explicitly defined as support, in a written agreement approved by the court in the tax year being claimed, or subsequent years.

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