JohnW15
Intuit Alumni

Education

Child Support debt would be offset first.

According to the IRS' Internal Revenue Manual 21.4.6 (08/31/2018):

The priority of offsets within Treasury Offset Program are:

  1. Office of Child Support Enforcement
    - Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) (payments to the state) and/or
    - Non-Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (non-TANF) (payments to the custodial parent through the state)
  2. Federal Agencies
  3. State Income Tax obligations
  4. Unemployment Compensation