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If a parent is paying court order child support can he claim that child on his taxes ? |
If a parent is paying court order child support can he claim that child on his taxes ? The person who answered that you can write off your paid child support is wrong. You can deduct from your taxable income any amount paid as alimony, but any amount paid as child support is not permitted. And if you dont pay the full ordered amount, for IRS purposes, the amount due as child support goes first, then alimony. To answer your question, the custodial parent typically claims the child, unless the court makes a ruling for the situation, or the custodial parent signs something that the noncustodial parent may take the exemption Source(s): I work at H & R Block No. You must have primary custody of a child to claim them on your taxes. Parents with primary custody do not pay child support, the receive it. No. Just paying child support does not give you the exemption. Usually, unless he or she signs it away, the exemption goes to the custodial parent. The custodial parent claims the child, but the parent paying the support can writeoff the amount of support they pay. Child support does not incur a taxable event because in theory child support goes only to the necessities required in providing for the children: food, clothing, and shelter. This is why things like the cost of child care are added on top of the base amount of child support. When married, you were unable to deduct the cost of buying your children clothing, and it's no different now that you are no longer living in the same house. http://www.dadsrights.org/articles/why_i... |
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