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April 17, 2020
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Will I get my stimulus payment if my taxes were offset by student loans

  • April 17, 2020
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DavidS127
April 17, 2020

Stimulus payments are not being offset for student loans.

 

Also, be aware that if your "regular" refund offset for a student loan debt was processed after 3/13/2020, it may be refunded.  According to the U.S. Department of Education website at this link and pasted here:

 

"Questions About Defaulted Loans

 

UPDATED: On March 25, 2020, ED announced that my federal tax refund would not be withheld to repay my defaulted federal student loan debt. My refund has already been taken. Will I get it back?

 

Yes, but only if your federal tax refund was in the process of being withheld—on or after March 13, 2020, and before Sept. 30, 2020—for the repayment of a defaulted federal student loan.

 

Your federal tax refund will not be returned to you if the process to withhold your refund was completed before March 13, 2020."

 

If you want to know more about whether your student loan "offset" taken after 3/13/2020 will be refunded, you should call the Education Department's Default Resolution Group at 1-800-621-3115 (TTY for the deaf or hearing-impaired 1-877-825-9923).

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