eTax.com Offers Tips on Reporting or Claiming Alimony Payments
Unlike child support payments, alimony payments are considered to be taxable income. If someone received alimony (or “separate maintenance”) at any time during the tax year, individual must report the full amount received as income (line 11 on IRS Tax Form 1040), and it will be added to his/her AGI. Any child support amount someone received, even if it was collected in conjunction with alimony or maintenance payments, is non-taxable, and should not be reported.
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