tax codes for paying maintenance

[reenieu01]

hi can anyone tell, if they know do you get increased allowances from gov if you paying maintenance.

thank you for any help.

No

It’s a post tax expense so no.

No you don't.

Why would maintenance be taken into account on a tax code?

thanks for all your help, and to the rather abrupt 1, I just asked.

You used to. Pretty sure they removed it about 40 years ago.

There used to be tax concessions for maintenance, but they ended in the eighties.

I don't get tax relief for paying for my DC's clothes, food etc so I can't imagine someone paying maintenance would