Most likely, your refunds from both your state and federal return will be applied to back child support.
In general, federal tax refunds can be intercepted to pay debts to federal or state governments or to satisfy court-ordered support obligations such as:
• Past due federal taxes
• Past due state taxes
• Debts owed to state unemployment compensation agencies such as overpaid benefits that have been ordered to be returned
• Unpaid child support
• Unpaid spousal support
• Any delinquent federal debt such as a student loan
Please see the IRS’ Topic No. 203 Reduced Refund page for more information.
