Will the IRS Tax My Alimony?

Is alimony taxable? No. For divorces entered into before 2019, the spouse who received alimony payments would have to include alimony as earned income when filing taxes while the spouse who furnished the alimony payments could claim a deduction for the alimony payments.

However, going forward from January 1st, 2019, alimony will neither be taxable nor deductible to either party involved. 

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