Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the taxpayer may deduct child support payments paid to the other parent for minor children under joint custody and alternating care.
Extrahierter Entscheid
Yes. The alimony paid for the children remains deductible because it is taxable in the other parent’s tax base.
Extrahierte Begründung
Joint parental authority and alternating care do not alter the clear statutory rule that child support paid to the parent entitled to receive it is deductible for the payer and taxable for the recipient.