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February 25, 2020
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Has anyone gotten the tax topic code 203? I don’t have an offset and my student loan is not in default?

  • February 25, 2020
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KathrynG3
February 25, 2020

To explain why you may have received and for contact numbers, click the link for: Tax Topic 203, Reduced Refund, quoted below: 

 

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 non-tax 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).