Question

The Smith family adopted a child. The adoption procedure took about three months, and the family incurred various expenses. Will the Smiths receive any financial benefit for the taxable year?

Answer 1

Yes, the Smith family receive financial benefit for the taxable year. Adopting a child allows the family to ask for refund spent for adoption tax credits. This is application if the child is not over eighteen and is not a stepchild of your wife or husband.

Answer 2

Yes, the Smith family will receive financial benefits for the taxable year. When you adopt a child, there are parts of the adoption process that are tax write offs for the family. Depending on the money spent, the different fee's paid and what all went into the adoption certain parts will be a tax credit they can apply and use as a deduction. Most of the time the expenses have to be at or over a percentage of your income.