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So you were expecting a tax refund from the IRS after you filed a tax return. Insteasd of getting your refund, the IRS sent you a letter saying that your refund was used (garnished) to satisfy your back tax debt. What is going on? This means that you have a back tax liablility with the IRS and the IRS will take your refund to satidfy that debt. If you got your refund check garnished and you were unaware you owed the IRS, you need to take care of this situation fast. The IRS can start enforced collections against you and go as far as garnishment of your pay and levy your bank accounts. You can find out more at wallysworldoftaxes.blogspot.com.
The IRS cannot withhold the refund if your house is foreclosed on. However, if the mortgage debt forgiveness results in the IRS treating you as having more taxable income, it may reduce or eliminate the refund. If you've recently been foreclosed on, talk to a tax professional to see if it will affect your tax refund.
A tax refund loan is a loan that is provided to you until you receive your tax refund. You can pursue this option if you have done your taxes and are expecting a refund.
Federal tax refunds can be seized by the IRS for tax arrearages without the normal legal procedures being used. Federal and state tax refunds can be seized by a state child enforcement agency for court ordered child support arrearages. Tax refunds cannot be seized for creditor debt, for example, a judgment for non payment of a credit card account. But, once the refund is placed in a bank account it can be subject to levy by a judgment creditor. The Federal Government can also offset your federal tax refund to pay a student loan debt.
Your income tax refund can be decreased by what is commonly called an offset.This can occur if you have outstanding federal or even some state debt(s). .Having worked in tax preparation for many years I have seen offsets occur for various reasons. The most common reasons for a federal tax refund offset are child support arrearage,unpaid federal tax debt and outstanding student loan debt.What is important to note is that a third party known as Federal Management System(FMS) handles the offset,not the IRS.The IRS in most cases will not provide a reason or any information about the debt/offset and will refer directly to FMS.
yes; it is considered federal debt and federal debt can be and probably will be taken from your refund (if it is in a collection status)
See if you can donate it to charity and get a tax deductible refund.
Yes. Unreturned unemployment benefits overpayments may be deducted from your federal income tax refund.
So you were expecting a tax refund from the IRS after you filed a tax return. Insteasd of getting your refund, the IRS sent you a letter saying that your refund was used (garnished) to satisfy your back tax debt. What is going on? This means that you have a back tax liablility with the IRS and the IRS will take your refund to satidfy that debt. If you got your refund check garnished and you were unaware you owed the IRS, you need to take care of this situation fast. The IRS can start enforced collections against you and go as far as garnishment of your pay and levy your bank accounts. You can find out more at wallysworldoftaxes.blogspot.com.
If it is in deferred status, they will probably not take your tax refund. If your student loan is delinquent, then they will be seize your refund and put it toward your debt.
No. Usually a bank will send your debt to a collection agency. Most collection agencies don't have the authority to garnish your tax refund.
No if it is for creditor debt. Yes if it is for child support or tax arrearages.
Yes
The national debt.
yes they can ive seen it done to a buddy before he never saw his tax return he called the IRS and come to find out a debt collector took all of his refund. As already answered and discussed here a zillion times- ONLY the governments can get your tax refund. Anyone saying anything else is a liar.
It means that its a tax refund that you are getting back minus a federal debt that was paid. So if you owed $500 and your tax return was $800, you would get $300 and a TCS Treas 449.
In general, yes. If you owe the government money, they can seize your tax refund to pay down that debt. Private companies cannot do this.