{"id":2215,"date":"2015-04-02T16:13:19","date_gmt":"2015-04-02T21:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/?p=2215"},"modified":"2015-04-02T16:13:19","modified_gmt":"2015-04-02T21:13:19","slug":"adoption-tax-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/?p=2215","title":{"rendered":"Adoption Tax Benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/tax-tip.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2204\" src=\"http:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/tax-tip-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"tax tip\" width=\"109\" height=\"109\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you adopted or tried to adopt a person in 2014, not only are you a great person, but you also may be entitled to some tax benefits from Uncle Sam.\u00a0 Here are a few things you should know about adoption tax benefits:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The credit is non-refundable, meaning that it can reduce your tax liability to $0 but it will not put money directly in your wallet or purse;<\/li>\n<li>The maximum benefit is $13,190 per child;<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0If the credit is more than your tax for the year, any overage amount can be used for future tax years;<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 In order to claim the benefits, the adopted person must be under age eighteen (18) or physically or mentally handicapped;<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0There are special rules if you adopted a special needs child; and<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0The richer you are, the lesser benefits you may receive.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If you are needing assistance filing your income tax returns this year or you need tax assistance in general, feel free to contact our law office at 816-524-4949 or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hoorfarlaw.com\/\">www.Hoorfarlaw.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you adopted or tried to adopt a person in 2014, not only are you a great person, but you also may be entitled to some tax benefits from Uncle Sam.\u00a0 Here are a few things you should know about &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/?p=2215\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[708,267,348,693],"class_list":["post-2215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-adoption-tax-benefits","tag-attorney","tag-law-office-of-camron-hoorfar","tag-lawyer"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2215"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2216,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2215\/revisions\/2216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}