The Latest: GOP plan to cut alimony deduction gets House OK

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


The Associated Press
Updated 1:49 pm, Thursday, November 16, 2017

The Latest on a House Republican plan to eliminate the tax deduction for alimony (all times local):

2:20 p.m.

A proposal to eliminate the tax deduction for alimony that has raised concerns among divorcees and women's advocates has been approved by the U.S. House as part of a sweeping Republican tax package.

The House approved the nearly $1.5 trillion package on Thursday. The plan to drop the alimony tax deduction remains in limbo, however, because it's not included in the Senate tax proposal that GOP leaders hope to pass early next month.

The proposal also calls for no longer taxing alimony recipients for the payments they receive. It would affect divorces finalized on or after Jan. 1.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/The-Latest-GOP-plan-to-cut-alimony-deduction-12363325.php

[Angry Dragon]

1. where can one read the house tax bill??

[getagrip_already]

2. get in line...

even the house hasn't read it yet.

[Angry Dragon]

3. What is up with that??

[getagrip_already]

4. snark...

sorry, couldn't resist.

In the past even republicans complained they didn't have enough time to read bills before voting on them. In many case, nobody but the committee releasing a bill knows everything in it. It's part of the plan....

The bill should be on the house web site.

[Angry Dragon]

7. I could not find it on the House website

[BumRushDaShow]

5. Here is what they just passed

per the Washington Post - https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr1/BILLS-115hr1rh.pdf

[Angry Dragon]

6. THANK YOU

[llmart]

8. This is confusing to me...

Why would eliminating the tax deduction that alimony payers receive raise concerns among divorcees? It's almost always the man that gets the deduction (they are almost always the payor) while the women are the ones who have to claim it as income and pay taxes on it?

Unless I'm missing something, that first sentence seems wrong. Later on it does say that the bill also calls for no longer taxing recipients which, as an alimony recipient, I would favor.

I have always felt like it was an unfair tax for women.

[shawn703]

9. It says later in the article

It could end up in tougher divorce negotiations and smaller payments to recipients.