If you didn't get your full refund, contact the IRS at 1-800-829-1040 to find out why your refund was less then filed. Part of your refund, may have been taken due to a refund offset. Typically, the IRS may reduce a taxpayer’s refund to offset past-due tax debt, child support and other federal liabilities, such as for student loans. A refund can also be garnished for state debts, such as overdue state taxes. However, under the Cares Act, the IRS could offset the stimulus payment only for back child support. In the second round of payments, even that offset was removed, allowing people to get the full payment regardless of any money they might owe. Source: Washington Post. You'll get an explanatory letter from the Bureau of the Fiscal Service if your refund is offset. The remainder of your refund will be processed as usual. An offset shouldn't delay it, unless your entire refund was applied to your debt. More info about refund offsets, including contact info and the appeals process, is available in IRS Tax Topic 203.

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$1618 federal tax credit, $1200 of which is our 2nd stimulus payment. I see see posted to my checking $ 960, which is the $1200 - my turbo tax fees. when balance ?

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If you didn't get your full refund, contact the IRS at 1-800-829-1040 to find out why your refund was less then filed.

Part of your refund, may have been taken due to a refund offset. Typically, the IRS may reduce a taxpayer’s refund to offset past-due tax debt, child support and other federal liabilities, such as for student loans. A refund can also be garnished for state debts, such as overdue state taxes.

However, under the Cares Act, the IRS could offset the stimulus payment only for back child support. In the second round of payments, even that offset was removed, allowing people to get the full payment regardless of any money they might owe. Source: Washington Post.

You'll get an explanatory letter from the Bureau of the Fiscal Service if your refund is offset. The remainder of your refund will be processed as usual. An offset shouldn't delay it, unless your entire refund was applied to your debt.

More info about refund offsets, including contact info and the appeals process, is available in IRS Tax Topic 203.

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