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My husband got an offset letter from his state return. They took it leaving a balance owed. Do they take your federal tax as well to pay back.

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March 2, 2020
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That depends on why the state refund was offset--and you have not mentioned the reason. Sometimes the IRS will offset a federal refund for a state debt owed. TurboTax never knows about offsets to your refund, so we cannot say what will happen.

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

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

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