After you file

The IRS does not send you a letter about your state refund---the state sent that letter.  If your federal refund is offset you will get a letter from the IRS.

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

To see back taxes owed 

https://www.irs.gov/uac/view-your-tax-account

 

 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

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