Some experts are predicting a surge in divorces this year
as spouses paying alimony seek to take advantage of the deduction before it is eliminated.
By Debra Cassens Weiss Some experts are predicting a surge in divorces this year
as spouses paying alimony seek to take advantage of the -LSB-...]
Not exact matches
A variation could be applied to dividends
paid to
spouses and adult children
as well.
While both sides should have their own attorney, if you're the one asking for the prenup, Gilden suggests
paying for your
spouse's attorney
as a good - faith effort.
Benefits
paid to you
as a
spouse will not decrease your
spouse's retirement benefit.
If you qualify and apply for your own retirement benefits and for benefits
as a
spouse, we always
pay your own benefits first.
If you and your
spouse plan to save for retirement, start a family or
pay off existing debt, you'll want to budget for those goals
as part of your monthly outflows.
Some plans may even allow you to take hardship withdrawals for less gloomy situations, such
as buying your first home and
paying for college expenses for yourself, your
spouse, or your children.
Benefits
paid to a surviving divorced
spouse who meets the age or disability requirement
as a widow or widower won't affect the benefit amounts your other survivors will receive based on your earnings record.
But the Revised
Pay -
As - You - Earn Repayment plan does not and would count both
spouse's income even if you file separately.
In some cases, payouts might continue to your
spouse, but not be
paid out to other beneficiaries, such
as children.
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So they can take your home and stuff (even if it's in both names of you and your wife) if you can't
pay (and after they take the house and stuff then govt will
pay), and then if you don't plan correct if one
spouse needs to be placed in a nursery home than the other one may be without a home
as I have read some places that they can take it (but I do still need to do research).
Think about it this way: Using the average individual benefit of $ 1,341 per month in 2016, finding a similar investment
paying the same amount for
as long
as you live, with inflation adjustments and survivor benefits for your
spouse, would cost nearly $ 450,000.
The simplest explanation of this rule is this: the biggest Social Security check in the family is a 100 % «joint - and - survivor» benefit, meaning that large check keeps
paying as long
as either
spouse is living.
As a result of the shutdown, military death benefits will not be
paid to soldier's
spouses.
Looking for a ideal life
spouse mustn't be your homework or mania,
as it commonly occurs while using
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An eligible rollover distribution on behalf of the surviving
spouse or beneficiary of a deceased participant whereby all accrued benefits, plus interest and investment earnings, are
paid from the deceased participant's account directly to an eligible retirement plan,
as described in s. 402 (c)(8)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, on behalf of the surviving
spouse;
If you qualify and apply for your own retirement benefits and for benefits
as a
spouse, we always
pay your own benefits first.
As a Certified Financial Planner, Hutchinson has seen this real life Michelle and Robert situation, when a client's finances were affected because the
spouse who had agreed to
pay the remainder of the loan in her name became unhappy with the rest of the divorce process and stopped making payments.
Consider naming the person who would be responsible to
pay off your loans in the event of your death (i.e. co-signer,
spouse, etc)
as the beneficiary of the policy so that they can receive the cash directly from the insurance company.
on death, the balance may be
paid as a lump sum to a designated beneficiary, used to buy a further pension for a surviving
spouse or may continue
as a reversionary pension.
The one con would appear to be that we can not use our own HSA accounts to
pay for our
spouse's expenses
as they are not family plans.
Someone other than you, your
spouse, or your dependent (such
as a relative or former
spouse) may make a payment directly to an eligible educational institution to
pay for an eligible student's qualified education expenses.
For most Canadians (excluding those with low incomes and those with high incomes, whose OAS benefits are clawed back), «there is no OAS survivor pension because 50 % of the couple's OAS pension is already
paid to the surviving
spouse and will continue for
as long
as he or she lives.»
As of now, my
spouse and I have been using our RRSP refund to
pay down our mortgage.
On the other hand, if you've just purchased a home with your
spouse, you might consider a decreasing term policy (since your mortgage balance decreases over time
as you
pay it off) with a death benefit equal to the size of your outstanding loan.
When your
spouse does not need to
pay German income tax, then you are counted
as if you were not married and...
Your
spouse may see no issue with a $ 5 / day latte habit whereas you see it
as a lost opportunity to
pay off debt.
If you don't really need to spend the money distributed from your Inherited IRA for your household expenses (your opening statement that your income for 2016 is low might make this unlikely), and (i) you and / or your
spouse received compensation (earned income such
as wages, salary, self - employment income, commissions for sales, nontaxable combat
pay for US Military Personnel, etc) in 2016, and (ii) you were not 70.5 years of age by December 2016, then you and your wife can make contributions to existing IRAs in your names or establish new IRAs in your names.
Just like
Pay As You Earn Repayment Plan, for married people, your
spouse's income or loan debt will be considered only on the condition that you file your taxes jointly.
But for Revised
Pay As You Earn Repayment Plan, your wife will not be included in your family size if your
spouse's income is not included in the calculation of your payment amount.
Joint accounts are those where both
spouses are listed
as account holders and where each
spouse has a duty to
pay for debts incurred on the credit card regardless of which person made the purchase.
Under
Pay As You Earn Repayment Plan, Income - Based Repayment Plan and Income - Contingent Repayment Plan, your family size always include your
spouse.
For example, a child or
spouse designated
as your beneficiary could use the payout for your funeral, arranging travel for relatives, or even
paying off a small loan.
If there's a written agreement such
as a court decree and the
paying spouse has a high credit rating, that helps.
And if the beneficiary were the owner's
spouse, he / she could keep from
paying tax on that gain for
as long
as desired.
These policies offer much lower premiums
as the death benefit is
paid out on the passing of the second
spouse (i.e. if you die, the death benefit is held until your
spouse also dies).
because
as far
as i know if something happens to me it goes to my
spouse taxe free but if something happens to my
spouse, my kids will
pay 50 % MTR wich is more then my present and probly future MTR
For most married couples, applying for credit while including the other
spouse's income doesn't cause any ill effects
as long
as they stay married and handle the credit responsibly by
paying the balance off each month.
The good news is that,
as a self - employed taxpayer (or their
spouse or partner), you actually have until June 15, 2018 to file your return; however, any taxes owing for 2017 must still be
paid by April 30, 2018 to avoid non-deductible arrears interest, charged at the current prescribed rate of 6 per cent.
Realize that both you and your
spouse will occasionally overspend, even
as you try to
pay down your debt.
As icing on the cake, an IDGT may be set up so that the grantor authorizes the use of trust income to
pay life insurance premiums on the grantor's or the grantor's
spouse's life.
− All regular
pay, special
pay and allowances of a member of the armed forces who is the borrower or
spouse whether or not that family member lives in the unit − All rental income, regardless if using to qualify, must always be considered when calculating total household income for program eligibility
as follows:
Can anyone comment on whether this is a reasonable interpretation of the meaning of «alimony,» and / or explain how the IRS might view it if the alimony -
paying spouse submitted a tax return
as «Married Filing Singly» reporting the alimony
paid as a deduction from taxable income?
If your total withholding — including your
spouse's and any W - 2 withholding you have (
as in the case where you work
as an employee in addition to your self employment)-- meets or exceeds 100 % of your previous year's total tax liability, you don't have to
pay estimated taxes this year.
Both will benefit from the extra interest that will be
paid in the respective accounts and there is peace of mind
as the
spouse will have her or his own source of retirement payouts.
If,
as part of a payment split, you
pay a proportion of the super income stream payments from your retirement - phase super income stream to your former
spouse
Certain other dissolution related obligations, such
as payments to others, hold harmless provisions and property settlement obligations, are not dischargeable if the debtor has the ability to
pay them and the detriment to the
spouse outweighs the benefit of the discharge to the debtor.
Since my
spouse is attending university and we plan to buy a house within 5 years, I have access to 45K from my RRSPS without penalty, tax free * (I do however, have to
pay them back within 10 years or else I must declare them
as income).