Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Supporting one's adult children

Hi,

Money given to support one's children, who have already passed the standard age of independence, is considered tzedakah.

(Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah 251:3, and see Tzedakah uMishpat 3:9 and the footnotes there)

Have a great day,
Mordechai
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2 comments:

  1. michael felderJanuary 2, 2014 at 11:48 PM

    Good evening. Tzedakah is usually tax deductable. Would the US tax code consider this adult-child support tax deductible?

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  2. The Rebbetzin's HusbandJanuary 3, 2014 at 8:22 AM

    Hi Michael,

    No idea - but the relationship between tax deductibility and tzedakah is certainly not perfect; there are tax-deductible expenditures that don't count at tzedakah.

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