A tax garnishment is a way of paying off a debt to the US Federal Tax Service. An amount is taken from the debtor's wage each time they are paid and put against paying off the debt.
what can the state take from you in a garnishment
Pay the bill or appeal the garnishment to the IRS.
Presuming you have one coming, if the garnishment isn't by the government, yes.
No
* All US states allow wage garnishment for creditor debt with the exception of Pennsylvania, South Carolina, North Carolina and Texas (depending upon the debtor's circumstances). All US states allow income garnishment for child support, tax arrearages and in some states spousal support (alimony).
No they will offset your refund.
a credit agency garnished my income tax,is the the child tax credit exempt from the garnishment?
Garnishment is typically applied to an individual's disposable income, which is the amount remaining after mandatory deductions like taxes are taken out. Therefore, garnishment is considered a post-tax deduction, as it affects the income that a person receives after taxes have been calculated and withheld. This means that the garnishment will be based on the income that is left after all applicable taxes have been deducted from the gross pay.
It depends on who garnished your wages to begin with. If it was the taxing authority, your state Dept. of Tax, or the IRS, yes the garnishment will include your tax refunds, if the Agent you're dealing with knows what he's doing. Only the government or a judicial court can take a tax refund away from you. If it is a wage garnishment by any authority it will not effect the tax refund. That isn't to say tax authorities won't take the refund...they will (actually, well before they even bother coming after wages). But they do that under a process/law I believe normally called claim of right or offset, not the wage garnishment. Wage garnishment are directed at a specific employer and payroll.
No
You property can only be seized under due process of the law, which means that an order of garnishment would have to be issued by the Court. If there is an order of garnishment, then your tax return will be seized.
No. Makes no difference to Tax how you pay your bills, and that's all a garnishment is - a forced way to pay what you should have willingly.