Home › Forums › Past Due/Back Taxes › If the IRS applied my last year’s refund to past tax debt, can I write off the debt offset on this year’s return? Taggeddebtpasttaxyears 1 voice, 0 replies RefundtalkKeymaster @admin December 7, 2016 at 3:05 am #1218 No. Neither of these is eligible for deduction: Federal taxes owed in a prior year Any penalties applied If You Found The Information Here Was Useful Please Consider Sharing This Page! Tweet Author Posts Viewing 1 post (of 1 total) You must be logged in to reply to this topic. Log In Username: Password: Keep me signed in Continue with FacebookContinue with GoogleContinue with Twitter Log In