Originally Posted by
dethkultur
It should be treated like the IRS treats it. Credit card rewards are rebates, not income. Unless your spouse wants to report all the sales they take advantage of (or miss....) it should be treated as using a coupon. Bank bonuses for new savings or checking accounts are different, they are treated as income.
This is pretty much what I was thinking - that it should depend on on how the IRS treats it. That seems most logical but, of course, logic and divorce proceedings are often words that don't belong in the same sentence.