This article explains the precautions to take when getting a divorce, and several tax concerns that need to be addressed to ensure that taxes are kept to a minimum and important tax-related decisions are properly made. Five issues to consider in the process of divorce include alimony or support payments, child support, personal residence, pension benefits, and business interests. Each spouse could save thousands on their home, up to $500,000 of avoidable tax, if they owned and used the residence as their principal residence for two of the previous five years. Another issue to consider if getting a divorce is deciding how to file your tax return. For more information on divorce accounting, click the link!
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