I am in the same boat. My husband and I have 5 children together so you do the math on how much I should have gotten with the kids not including his $1,200. I file the injured spouse form electronically with my taxes every single year and have done so for the past 10 years so if the IRS saw that, they shouldn't have intercepted the stimulus payments for my husband's child support debt. Funny thing is when we call the TOPS number it says no offsets or debts owed for him.
I am currently on hold with the Treasury Department Bureau of Fiscal Services to see if they can tell me anything (I have been on hold for an hour and half and no response...). I have not received my tax return because they normally take about 11 weeks to process when you file the form and that wouldn't be until May 13th (not sure how some of you have gotten your refunds so quickly but kuddos on that)! I will DEFINITELY raise hell if my refund is taken! I can understand them taking his $1,200 but he is a disabled vet, has no income, and therefore I normally receive all of the tax refund because it is MY HARD EARNED MONEY! Therefore, none of my stimulus payment should go to his child support. Honestly, I believe the stimulus payment should be exempt from all debts owed because we need this to live during this pandemic and feed our children!
I also only received a letter yesterday addressed to both of us and the amount showed less than $2,000 that was used to offset the debt so I am not even sure what's up with that.
I signed the petition on change.org and hope someone answers at the Treasury Department. I will keep checking this thread...
Signed,
Pissed & concerned for all injured spouse filers!
