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One of the most common questions people ask during divorce is whether alimony payments are still tax deductible. Many individuals remember that alimony was once treated in a specific way for federal tax purposes, and they assume that those rules still apply.<\/p>\n

In many cases, that assumption is no longer correct.<\/p>\n

The tax treatment of alimony changed significantly in recent years. For may people going through divorce today, alimony is no longer deductible to the payor and is no longer considered taxable income to the recipient. However, the answer is not the same in every case. It depends largely on when the alimony obligation was established.<\/p>\n

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One of the most common questions people ask during divorce is whether alimony payments are still tax deductible. Many individuals remember that alimony was once treated in a specific way for federal tax purposes, and they assume that those rules still apply. In many cases, that assumption is no longer correct. The tax treatment of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[246,65,93],"tags":[],"coauthors":[186],"class_list":["post-5886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-divorce-family-law-insights","category-insights","category-mcglew"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nIs Alimony Still Tax Deductible in New Jersey? — May 18, 2026 — Lindabury, McCormick, Estabrook & Cooper, P.C. 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