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posted Mar 2, 2020 5:21:57 AM

My husband got an offset letter from his state return. They took it leaving a balance owed. Do they take your federal tax as well to pay back.

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Mar 2, 2020 5:27:33 AM

That depends on why the state refund was offset--and you have not mentioned the reason.  Sometimes the IRS will offset a federal refund for a state debt owed.  TurboTax never knows about offsets to your refund, so we cannot say what will happen.

 

https://www.irs.gov/uac/tax-refund-offsets-pay-unpaid-debts

 

 

Reduced Refund     https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc203

 

 

 NOTE: You can contact the IRS Treasury Offset Program Call Center at 1-800-304-3107 to ask if they have an offset for you on file. TurboTax would not have that information.

 

https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tips/tax-payments/who-can-garnish-an-income-tax-refund/L7cPPzDyc