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Financial Planner. Iâm often asked if someone can take an income tax deduction for money they gift to their children. Gifts to individuals are not tax deductible. Tax deductions can only be taken for gifts to organizations on the IRS list of approved charities. However, there is a way to get a partial deduction for money that will eventually go to your children. A charitable lead annuity trust (CLAT) gifts money to a charity first, and then passes assets to your beneficiaries.
You can deduct spousal support payments on your income tax return, but not child support or property distributions. So the IRS scrutinizes support paid in the first three years to make sure that you didnât disguise property distribution or other postdivorce obligations, like attorneysâ fees, as deductible support.This is the opposite of child support, which is neither taxable nor deductible.) In general, a higher earner will be looking for deductions, and a lower earner will not have to pay much tax on the amount of support received, so the taxable/deductible structure works fine.