JohnB5677
Employee Tax Expert

After you file

Possibly, it depends on what the offset was for.  

  • The Federal and State tax collection agencies are independent processes, but
  • A State refund can be offset if you have outstanding State debts, or if the IRS places a levy against your State refund for unpaid federal taxes,
  • The IRS will also give a notice, after the levy, offering you the opportunity to appeal the debt offset.
  • "The Department of Treasury's Bureau of the Fiscal Service (BFS) issues IRS tax refunds. 
  • Through the Treasury Offset Program, the IRS may reduce your refund and offset it to pay:
  • Past-due child support;
  • Federal agency nontax debts;
  • State income tax obligations; or
  • Certain unemployment compensation debts owed to a state (generally, these are debts for
    • Compensation paid due to fraud, or
    • Contributions owing to a state fund that weren't paid)."
  • You can review the IRS article Reduced refund

 

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