{"id":664,"date":"2016-04-06T10:52:55","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T10:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianaadoption.com\/?p=664"},"modified":"2016-04-06T10:52:55","modified_gmt":"2016-04-06T10:52:55","slug":"adoption-tax-credit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianaadoption.com\/adoption-tax-credit\/","title":{"rendered":"Adoption Tax Credit"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>FEDERAL ADOPTION TAX CREDIT INFORMATION<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The 2014 version of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/Form8839\">Qualified Adoption Expenses (Form 8839)<\/a> has been released. Additionally, the updated instructions for this form have also been released. Form 8839 is used by taxpayers to claim the adoption tax credit, an exclusion for employer-provided adoption benefits, or both. 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