Stimulas Check

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May 26, 2020
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My husband owes back child support and i have filed an injured spouse form every year we have been married. My stimulas check was taken for his back child support. Was not able to speak with anyone at IRS but was able to speak to someone at the Treasury office. Was told to file my 2019 taxes with the injured spouse form and the IRS would release my stimulas payment. It has been 19 days since my taxes were accepted by the IRS and have not seen anything. The website is still saying my stimulas check was issued April 15. How long does it take for the IRS to reissue a stimulas check or will I actually even see it?

SusanY1

The IRS recently issued this statement regarding payments that were withheld in error from injured spouses:

"The IRS is aware that in some instances a portion of the payment sent to a spouse who filed an injured spouse claim with his or her 2019 tax return (or 2018 tax return if no 2019 tax return has been filed) has been offset by the non-injured spouse’s past-due child support. The IRS is working with the Bureau of Fiscal Service and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Child Support Enforcement, to resolve this issue as quickly as possible. If you filed an injured spouse claim with your return and are impacted by this issue, you do not need to take any action. The injured spouse will receive their unpaid half of the total payment when the issue is resolved. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused."

The IRS has not given a time frame for potential resolution for the error.

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