How can they take my return on full when I never filed but yet they say I owe 13000 from 2019 taxes I was incarcerated. I also never received stimuli except one

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April 28, 2026
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xmasbaby0

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Who is "they?"----the IRS? If you owe any back taxes---no matter from how long ago---the IRS can seize your current refund for the debt owed. TurboTax never knows about back taxes or child support you might owe. But the IRS knows and the IRS will mail you a letter of explanation a couple of weeks after they take your refund. As for federal stimulus checks-----those checks were issued for tax years 2020 and 2021. It is too late to get those checks now.

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/refunds/help/what-is-a-refund-offset/00/26301

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

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

TurboTax does not receive feedback from the IRS regarding money that was offset from your refund. If you owed back taxes or child support, you will receive a letter of explanation from the IRS in several weeks. The WMR site will contain a message regarding your offset. It is also possible that the IRS caught a mistake you made and reduced your refund.

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