Stimulus Check 2 Will Child Support Take

With the second check those who owe child support will not have their payment garnished to.

Stimulus check 2 will child support take. The economic relief measure approved by the u s. The second check will also be protected against federal or state debts with the exception of past due child support payments. This is different from the cares act which specified that if you owed back child support your stimulus.

However under the bill passed by congress this month one group of people would receive more money in the second round of stimulus checks than the first. If you owe child support the irs can use first round stimulus check money to pay arrears. Second stimulus check specifically addresses overdue child support unlike the cares act which made it legal for states to garnish the first stimulus check for people who owed more than 150 in.

That won t be the case for second round payments under the covid related tax relief act. If you owed child support your first stimulus money could be taken for arrears the amount you owe. As it currently stands the heals act may allow the irs to withhold some or all of.

Congress includes a second round of direct stimulus payments to households an acknowledgment that families need another injection of cash to get. If you owe back child support your stimulus payment cannot be garnished to pay that debt.