rbynaker
Level 13
Alimony PAID would roll into the math to calculate line 7.  Alimony received would be included on the "dotted line" next to line 6, and rolled into the math for line 6 (do we have a name for that?  It's not a "margin" 'cause that would be on the other side, it's just a number scribbled in some white space on the form that happens to be next to box 6).

Ugh.  We're over halfway into tax season and I'm still chasing some of these more obscure things to S1-6 and jumping back and forth to make sure I understand where things are.  S2 is my favorite, it really should have just been merged with S3.  Carry this number from one of these two other forms, then write it again on line 47.  Then just "include it" with the math on line 11.  I'd be willing to bet that nobody in this "room" has seen a situation where there's more than one amount on Schedule 2.  AMT and EAPTC are just never going to be on the same return.
/soapbox
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