Stimulus Check And Child Support Injured Spouse
These catch up payments are due to be issued in early to mid september.
Stimulus check and child support injured spouse. For these individuals the irs offset their stimulus check for past due child. In the rush to send out stimulus payments however the irs improperly withheld payments from about 50 000 people. But according to the irs website if you are married filing jointly and you filed an injured spouse claim with your 2019 tax return or 2018 tax return if you haven t filed your 2019 tax return half of the total payment will be sent to each spouse and your spouse s payment will be offset only for past due child support.
The irs is working with the bureau of fiscal service and the u s. There has been a lot of confusion among a subset of stimulus recipients who filed an injured spouse claim over past due child support. These spouses do not need to take any action to get their money.
If you are married filing jointly and you filed an injured spouse claim with your 2019 tax return or 2018 tax return if you haven t filed your 2019 tax return half of the total payment will be. The irs is aware this issue where a portion of the stimulus payment is sent to the spouse who filed an injured spouse claim has been offset by the non injured spouse s past due child support. These catch up payments are due to be issued in early to mid september.
They will be mailed as checks to any eligible spouse who submitted form 8379 injured spouse allocation along with their 2019 federal income tax return or in some cases their 2018 return. The internal revenue service irs has announced that about 50 000 individuals whose respective portions of the economic impact payment eip or stimulus check were diverted to pay their spouse s past due child support will finally be getting their share. About 50 000 people whose payments were garnished will be.
Department of health and human services office of child support enforcement to resolve this issue as quickly as possible.