is legal expenses for divorce deductible?
The quick and simple answer is that attorney fees for personal legal matters, such as divorce, are not tax deductible. However if your attorney fees are a business expense, then they are fully deductible. The general rule is that you can deduct attorney fee's that you pay for if: 1  Trying to produce or collect taxable income. 2  To help determine, collect, or obtain a refund of any tax.