Divorce pay-off

Forum|Forum|5 years ago
August 30, 2021
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Hello all,

Thank you in advance for your great advices.

There was a divorce and the judge ordered in 2019 to pay 400k to spouse based on the business income generated. The money was paid only in 2020. I know that the tax law has changed post 2018 but is there any way that the issuer can deduct that? I know that if we are talking about lump sum property payments then those payments can still be deducted; what form should be issued to the receiver of the payments?

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Best answer by sjrcpa

No, it was not a buy out. That's exactly what she told me that she made good money while he didn't. He was not included on any of her businesses (S-Corps and Schedule Cs). He wanted a lump sum of money (400k in this case), so she can keep all her businesses and whatever else she had.

= Property Settlement

= Nondeductible.

Just-Lisa-Now-

Intuit Community Champion

deducted as what? sounds like a property settlement, not alimony.

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Ghost-TaxAuthor

Level 4

It was alimony. She made very good money while he didn't make any. Initially she mentioned about a property that they had together but just now she said that the money paid were for alimony not property lump sum.

IRonMaN

Level 15

The deductible portion of a property settlement is equal to zero.

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sjrcpa

Level 15

Get the property settlement and divorce agreements and read them. Based on what you describe this is not alimony. Even it was, alimony for a post 2018 divorce is not deductible either.

The more I know the more I don’t know.

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Ghost-TaxAuthor

Level 4

Thank you. I already asked for those divorce documents and I am waiting on them. I thought that I will be proactive and see if there was a way in deducting any of those payments made.

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