@wardpro6 wrote:
I filed with my husband in 2018 we normally didnt get a return because the department of education intercepeted our tax return due to a default on my student loans, which each year we just allowed it because they were being paid off, after covid19 hit and I and my husband both lost are job but there was a silverlining because they turn off the intercept so we got a small tax return this year and I filed married but seperate, because my husband owned back childsupport,. But once they sent out the stimulus checks the entire amount was intercepted $3400, why didnt they just take my husbands potion mine and the kids have nothing to do with it we have two children. Is there anything I can do
https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus/economic-impact-payment-information-center
A31. No, with one exception. The Payment may have been offset only by past-due child support. The Bureau of the Fiscal Service will send you a notice if an offset occurs.
If you are married filing jointly and you filed an injured spouse claim with your 2019 tax return (or 2018 tax return if you haven’t filed your 2019 tax return), half of the total Payment will be sent to each spouse and your spouse’s Payment will be offset only for past-due child support. There is no need to file another injured spouse claim for the Payment.
The IRS is aware that in some instances a portion of the payment sent to a spouse who filed an injured spouse claim with his or her 2019 tax return (or 2018 tax return if no 2019 tax return has been filed) has been offset by the non-injured spouse’s past-due child support. The IRS is working with the Bureau of Fiscal Service and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Child Support Enforcement, to resolve this issue as quickly as possible. If you filed an injured spouse claim with your return and are impacted by this issue, you do not need to take any action. The injured spouse will receive their unpaid half of the total payment when the issue is resolved. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
