[this8384]

Does child support have to be filed with our income taxes? Is it considered taxable income?

It's kind of a multi-fold problem because the order was written wrong, his ex received over $1,200 in overpayment which she was ordered to repay; they are also still withholding from his unemployment check because the order wasn't written properly. Between those two things, they're showing he received almost $2,000 more last year than the court ordered amount - it wasn't support, it was just him getting repaid his own money from her and unemployment.

[AtlantaTaxExpert]

Child support is neither taxabe income for the recipient nor tax deductible for the payor. So all of the over payments/underpayements are NON-events tax-wise. It has ZERO effect on his tax return.