SPOUSAL SUPPORT LEGAL ALERT
The Implications Of The New Tax Proposal On Your Divorce. Provision In New Tax Would Eliminate Spousal Support Deduction.
This could be a BIG deal in your divorce case! Are you planning on continuing your divorce case into next year? Are you perhaps in a position to complete it in 2017? The new tax proposal recently unveiled may make you think twice.
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act contains a provision that would effectively eliminate the deduction that tax payers receive for making spousal support payments. Click here to read the full text of the proposed Act.
As the law currently reads (and has for around 75 years) , the person paying the support is allowed to deduct the amount, while the person being paid is required to claim it as income and thus, pay taxes.
When determining spousal support, courts take into account the fact that the paying spouse is able to deduct the amount of spousal support paid on his or her taxes. Should the new legislation pass as presently written, the payor spouse will lose their deduction, thereby raising their tax burden which may reduce the amount of income available for spousal support payments.
According to the IRS, in past years the amount of spousal support deductions claimed far exceeds the amount of spousal support income reported. Such discrepancies have helped drive this new proposal
Whether you are a fan of the new tax proposal or not, it is definitely worth considering what its implications could mean for your pending or impending divorce if it’s not concluded before the new year.
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Attorney Robert “Chip” Mues has been focusing his legal practice throughout Southwest Ohio primarily in divorce and family law matters since 1978. Chip is passionate about family law and has proudly published the Ohio Family Law Blog since 2007. In addition, he is the managing partner of Holzfaster, Cecil, McKnight & Mues. To learn more about him or the law firm, visit the firm’s website at www.hcmmlaw.com. Appointments are available in person, over the phone or by Zoom. Call us at 937 293-2141.