Lucy Lazarony is an experienced personal finance journalist and writer who got her start in 1998 writing about financial topics. She writes accessible and easy-to-understand articles about credit, ...

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Taxes are already complicated enough without adding divorce or dependents to the mix. But if you’ve been making or receiving alimony or child support payments, you need to know how those payments ...