Comments on: Ask the taxgirl: Alimony and payments to ex-spouses http://www.taxgirl.com/ask-the-taxgirl-alimony-and-payments-to-ex-spouses/ Paying taxes is painful... but reading about them shouldn't be. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:16:58 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Sean Kelly http://www.taxgirl.com/ask-the-taxgirl-alimony-and-payments-to-ex-spouses/comment-page-1/#comment-5429 Sean Kelly Wed, 21 May 2008 15:34:56 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/ask-the-taxgirl-alimony-and-payments-to-ex-spouses/#comment-5429 Dear Tax Girl: I've been told that I may be eligible for a SPASTIC (Sustained Pain And Suffering Tax Income Credit) deduction, but I can't find reference to it in the tax code, and every time I call the IRS my calls keep getting dropped. A reliable source told me that SPASTIC allows non-divorced taxpayers to deduct the money they <i>would have had to pay</i> in child support and alimony if they hadn't toughed it out for one more miserable year. My reliable source told me that there's an extra credit if one spouse has endured blogging-related abandonment. Have you or your readers heard of this? Why is the IRS not publicizing this? Dear Tax Girl:

I’ve been told that I may be eligible for a SPASTIC (Sustained Pain And Suffering Tax Income Credit) deduction, but I can’t find reference to it in the tax code, and every time I call the IRS my calls keep getting dropped.

A reliable source told me that SPASTIC allows non-divorced taxpayers to deduct the money they would have had to pay in child support and alimony if they hadn’t toughed it out for one more miserable year. My reliable source told me that there’s an extra credit if one spouse has endured blogging-related abandonment.

Have you or your readers heard of this? Why is the IRS not publicizing this?

]]> By: IheartRufus http://www.taxgirl.com/ask-the-taxgirl-alimony-and-payments-to-ex-spouses/comment-page-1/#comment-5428 IheartRufus Tue, 20 May 2008 23:38:53 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/ask-the-taxgirl-alimony-and-payments-to-ex-spouses/#comment-5428 great information - the distinction between alimony and child support is interesting. Why are they treated differently? great information – the distinction between alimony and child support is interesting. Why are they treated differently?

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