It depends. The IRS says: When to claim the credit Domestic adoptions: Claim expenses each year as you incur them, whether you finalize the adoption or identify an eligible child. Foreign adoptions: Claim expenses once the adoption is final. When it’s final, you can claim all eligible expenses you paid, including in past years. Adoption of children deemed by a state welfare agency as special needs or hard to place: Claim expenses when the adoption is final.Please read this IRS document for more information.

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maikim-norman

Question

If you started adoption proceedings. but have not yet been matched, can you receive adoption credit or must you have been matched/adopted a child to receive?

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
January 27, 2025
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MinhT1

It depends.

The IRS says:

When to claim the credit

Domestic adoptions: Claim expenses each year as you incur them, whether you finalize the adoption or identify an eligible child.
Foreign adoptions: Claim expenses once the adoption is final. When it’s final, you can claim all eligible expenses you paid, including in past years.
Adoption of children deemed by a state welfare agency as special needs or hard to place: Claim expenses when the adoption is final.

Please read this IRS document for more information.

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