@chjord87 wrote:
I just sat on hold for 6.5 hours for an IRS worker to tell me that I do have to fill out and injured spouse form for the economic stimulus because both mine and my husband was offset for his arrears. I filed the form with my taxes and received those in March. I need the directions on how to fill the form out for the stimulus and not for taxes.
That information you received conflicts with the actual IRS website instructions that you do Not file another injured spouse Form 8379 for the stimulus payment.
Go to this IRS website - https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/why-the-economic-impact-payment-amount-could-be-different-than-anticipa...
Past-due child support was deducted from the payment
The Economic Impact Payment is offset only by past-due child support. The Bureau of the Fiscal Service will send the taxpayer a notice if an offset occurs.
For taxpayers who are married filing jointly and filed an injured spouse claim with their 2019 tax return (or 2018 tax return if they haven't filed the 2019 tax return), half of the total payment will be sent to each spouse. Only the payment of the spouse who owes past-due child support should be offset.
The IRS is aware that 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) may have been offset by the 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 the inconvenience this may have caused.
