My state refund was to offset my hospital bill, which was sent to collections before filing, but the IRS took it since i owed. what will happen to my hospital debt now?

[CarolynM]

IRS refunds and state refunds are completed separate. The IRS could not take your state refund to them unless it was for a prior debt.

To see why IRS kept your refund for student loans or other debt, call (800) 304-3107, for the US Treasury's Bureau of Fiscal Services.

For IRS debt, call the FMS at 1-800-304-3107 to find out if your refund was reduced because of an offset.

The IRS could even have collected on your hospital debt depending on where the debt was reported.

If the garnishment was for something else, the hospital debt remains in the collections process.