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Tax Benefits of Adoption
When you take care of someone, you are also taken care of! It’s like Karma. You do good, you
get back good in return. Ben and Stephanie had adopted a baby girl because they felt their family
wasn’t complete otherwise. This act of adopting children is not only a good and kind deed where
another human being is receiving help from your benevolence, but in doing so you get help from
Uncle Sam.
This week we will discuss some of the tax benefits of taking advantage of the adoption credit
opportunity. This tax credit is taken in the year the child is awarded to you by the courts, as your
adopted child and the adoption is final. Sometimes, you may pay for the adoption money early,
last year for example, but when you finish the adoption is when you get the tax credit.
Here are some points to consider for expenses used as an adoption credit:
All expenses used to adopt a child, are given as a tax credit for up to the limit on IRS
Tables
Adoptions prior to 2012 receive a refundable tax credit. Today, the tax credit is non-
refundable. This means you will not get a check from the IRS for adoption, just reduce your
taxes down to zero. Refundable credits may give you a check for the credit amount. This is
one tax benefit that does NOT require you to keep receipts for the adoption expenses. Be sure
to ask us about whether you need to keep receipts or not for this benefit.
Each dollar of tax credit may be equivalent up to $3 of tax deduction.
This is because a tax credit reduces your tax directly, while a tax deduction only reduces the
income which is taxed, but the true benefit depends on your tax bracket.
The credit starts to phase out when your household income exceeds certain IRS limits.
The IRS publishes annually the income phase out for this limit. Ask us what the phase out
limit is for this year.
Employers can also pay for adoption expenses and receive a tax credit of the same
amount as individuals.
Self-employed individuals may claim a tax credit through their C-Corporation, but owners of
S-Corporations claim the credit on their personal returns.
For 2020 and later you can distribute (Penalty Free) up to $10,000 per parent from
retirement accounts
This is part of the new SECURE Act, which allows parents to take money out of retirement
accounts to help pay to adopt a child.
Special needs children qualify for even bigger tax credits.
Be sure you understand the “special needs” description. It is wider in scope than you think.
For instance, abused (defined more than just sexually for this tax benefit) children may
qualify as special needs.
Call today, don’t delay! See how this affects you. We can be reached at 602-264-9331 and on all social media under azmoneyguy.
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Mr. Hockensmith has been a guest newscaster for national and local TV stations in Phoenix since 1995, broadcasting financial and tax topics to the general pubic. He has written tax and accounting articles for both national and local newspapers and professional journals. He has been a public speaker nationally and locally on tax, accounting, financial planning and economics since 1992. He was a Disaster Reservist at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, for many years after his military service. He served as a Colonel with the US Army, retiring from military service after 36 years in 2008. Early in his accounting career, he was a Accountant and Consultant with Arthur Andersen CPA’s and Ernst & Young CPA’s.
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