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          that the $47,900 payment is not alimony and instead represents a            
          nontaxable division of marital assets.                                      
               We hold that petitioners may not deduct the $47,900 payment            
          as alimony.  We have considered all arguments for a contrary                
          holding and find that it is unnecessary to reach them or that               
          they are without merit.                                                     
                                                  Decision will be entered            
                                             for respondent.                          
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