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Anyone else getting tax topic 203 but don’t owe any federal dept?

 
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Anyone else getting tax topic 203 but don’t owe any federal dept?

The Department of Treasury's Bureau of the Fiscal Service (BFS) issues IRS tax refunds and Congress authorizes BFS to conduct the Treasury Offset Program (TOP). Through the TOP program, BFS may reduce your refund (overpayment) 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 (1) compensation paid due to fraud, or (2) contributions owing to a state fund that weren't paid).

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

Anyone else getting tax topic 203 but don’t owe any federal dept?

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

 

TurboTax never knows about offsets to your refund.   Only the IRS can tell you .   

 

 refund offset.

 

 

 

https://www.irs.gov/uac/tax-refund-offsets-pay-unpaid-debts

 IRS Treasury Offset Program Call Center at 1-800-304-3107

 https://www.irs.gov/uac/tax-refund-offsets-pay-unpaid-debts

 

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

**Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to offer the most correct information possible. The poster disclaims any legal responsibility for the accuracy of the information that is contained in this post.**
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Anyone else getting tax topic 203 but don’t owe any federal dept?

yes same here, topic 203 but when we called the tops number it says no debts owed. from researching more into it online it says topic 203 can also show up if you chose to pay for filing from your refund on turbo tax. which we did so im assuming its that 

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