New Tax Laws and Changes to Pennsylvania Support Guidelines

Now that April 15th has past, the dust is still settling about how tax changes impacted taxpayers and many of us were surprised at the effects. The effects of the new tax laws also changed child and spousal support payable in Pennsylvania. As of January 1, 2019 new guidelines are now in effect. These have been put in place largely to deal with the issue that alimony and temporary alimony or support payments to a spouse are no longer tax deductible by the person paying support, nor includable as income by the recipient. These new guidelines pertain to any new orders after January 1, 2019, but not the modification of prior orders. So it’s important to understand whether your case will be calculated under the old or new guidelines, as it makes a difference. Because of the new tax law, the changes are mostly affecting spousal support and alimony, but in some ways child support is also being impacted. Prior to January 1st of this year, spousal support was calculated as 40% of…

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