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This question gets asked somewhat frequently. The general consensus is that it's sort of regional and case specific. A particularly large refund interests them for sure. However, any that they do consider as a bankruptcy asset would have had to be paid over (withheld) in the pre filing periods. If your case has been closed for a while, and you filed yet sometime before that, this years refund would have been from post filing earnings and not subject to them.

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Q: Will the bankruptcy court take your tax refund if your case has been closed for a year?
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