Okay, not asking for legal advice here, just wondering hw the rest of you did this.
Just spoke to my stbxh. He mentioned that he is going to get his taxes done. We are separated but not completely done with the divorce paperwork yet. We are going through a mediator. All our finances are now separate.
He broached the subject of how we are going to deal with certain tax issues. For the first six months of last year we paid all bills jointly, even though he had moved out. Then we sold out house and separated our finances. I offered that he gets the mortgage deduction on our old house (sold mid-year) and I take the mortgage deduction on my mother's much cheaper house that we own jointly with her ( and that I've paid the mortgage on for the last half of last year).
I also suggested that we split the kids' deductions, one each. (One is at college and I pay half of all expenses, the other lives with him but I pay half of food and school expenses and car insurance etc.)
I thought this was a fair division but he got all pissy with me. Launched into his usual tirade about how he supported everybody and I didn't contribute (no, I didn't make what he did because my career had been on hold to raise kids, but my income last year was still significant). He makes about 5 times what I do.
Is it unreasonable to ask him to split the kids deductions? (they will get partially phased out on his return anyway, because of his high income, I think). Is it unreasonable to ask for the mortgage deduction on the cheaper house while giving him the deduction on the more expensive one?
We are in a community property state, btw.
(PS - The irony is, he's now dating a woman in a career who will never make much money - certainly not as much as I am.)
