Can you get a tax refund if you owe back child support?
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Can you get a tax refund if you owe back child support?
If your state child support enforcement office has reported your overdue child support to the Treasury Department, the IRS will take your tax refund to cover the arrears (often called a tax refund seizure). The IRS will then give the money to the appropriate child support agency.
Will they take my stimulus check if I owe child support?
Yes. Federal law requires child support agencies to have procedures to collect past due child support from federal tax refunds. In the federal stimulus bill, the CARES Act, Congress did not exempt the stimulus rebate payments from federal offsets for child support arrears.
Will child support Take my entire stimulus check?
It says the federal government cannot take the stimulus checks for most debt, like past taxes or student debt. However, if you owe child support or other private debt to collectors—the checks can be seized to pay for those. It will be collected from your stimulus check.
How do I know if IRS is keeping my refund?
Call the FMS at 1-to find out if your refund was reduced because of an offset. Call the IRS Taxpayer Advocate Service at 1-(or visit www.irs.gov/advocate) if you feel your refund was reduced in error.
