For federalincome tax purposes, alimonypaid under a written court order is deductible by the spouse who pays and is taxable to the recipient of the alimony.
Since 1985 I have handled thousands of such cases, before IRS Examination, Collection, Appeals, and Criminal Investigation, and in U.S. TaxCourt, District Court, and Court of Federal Claims.
At any rate, the Court concluded, the federaltax lien had priority over the alleged Windsor I mortgage, since the U.S. filed its tax lien and Windsor I had never recorded it.
In March of 2012, three independent tax preparers represented by the Institute for Justice (IJ) filed a complaint in federalcourt, challenging the authority of the IRS to regulate tax preparers.