Yes unfortunately that COULD be the case. That is called a refund offset. I would recommend
you call Bureau of the Fiscal Service at (1) 800-304-3107 or TDD
866-297-0517 to find
out if your refund may or has been offset. Follow the prompts. It will ask for the Social Security number
for which the debt is attached- in your case this would be yours. I am going to include a link which has additional information about refund offsets.
The IRS lists the following obligations which can be
collected from tax refunds:
- federal
tax
- state income
tax,
- state
unemployment compensation debts,
- child or
spousal support,
- a federal
nontax debt, such as a student loan
Refund Offset
