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Tax Refund Offsets for Unpaid Child Support

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…

What does Tax Topic 203 Mean?

If a taxpayer receives a refund that is less than the amount that was submitted with the tax return, the refund may have been offset for a past due obligation. A refund offset is when an IRS…

Avoiding Tax Offsets Due to Student Loan Debt

If your student loans are in default, you’re probably worried about your tax refund. Will the student loan lenders take it? First, let’s set the record straight on private loans. Private student loan companies can’t take…

Tax Refund Offsets

Your tax return may show that you’re due a refund from the IRS. However, if you owe a federal tax debt from a prior tax year, or a debt to another federal agency, or certain…

What does it mean to have your tax refund offset?

Understanding Why the IRS Takes Refunds and Where Your Money Goes If you were expecting a tax refund and suddenly received less money than expected—or no refund at all—you may have had your tax refund…

Refund Status

What does your Refund Status look like today! Have you submitted your Income Tax Return to the IRS to be E-Filed? Now the waiting game begins to see if we get approved for a refund…