26-U.S.C.-215
§215 – Alimony, Etc., Payments
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Title 26 > Subtitle A > Chapter 1 > Subchapter B > Part VII > Section 215
Details
- Reference: Section 215
- Legend: §215 – Alimony, Etc., Payments
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
(a) General rule
In the case of an individual, there shall be allowed as a deduction an amount equal to the alimony or separate maintenance payments paid during such individuals taxable year.
(b) Alimony or separate maintenance payments defined
For purposes of this section, the term alimony or separate maintenance payment means any alimony or separate maintenance payment (as defined in section 71(b)) which is includible in the gross income of the recipient under section 71.
(c) Requirement of identification number
The Secretary may prescribe regulations under which—
(1) any individual receiving alimony or separate maintenance payments is required to furnish such individuals taxpayer identification number to the individual making such payments, and
(2) the individual making such payments is required to include such taxpayer identification number on such individuals return for the taxable year in which such payments are made.
(d) Coordination with section 682
No deduction shall be allowed under this section with respect to any payment if, by reason of section 682 (relating to income of alimony trusts), the amount thereof is not includible in such individuals gross income.
(Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 71; Pub. L. 98–369, div. A, title IV, §422(b), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 797.)
Amendments
1984—Pub. L. 98–369 amended section generally, substituting present provisions for provisions which had declared in: subsec. (a) a general rule as to allowance of deduction for amounts includible under section 71 in the gross income of the wife, payment of which was made within husbands taxable year, and prohibited any deduction with respect to any payment where by reason of section 71(d) or 682 the amount thereof was not includible in husbands gross income; and subsec. (b) cross reference to definitions of husband and wife in section 7701(a)(17).
Effective Date of 1984 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 98–369 applicable with respect to divorce or separation instruments executed after Dec. 31, 1984, or executed before Jan. 1, 1985, but modified on or after Jan. 1, 1985, with express provision for application of amendment to modification; and amendment of subsec. (c) by Pub. L. 98–369 applicable to payments made after Dec. 31, 1984, see section 422(e) of Pub. L. 98–369, set out as a note under section 71 of this title.
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