Can your tax refund be confiscated for back child support your dependent owes?

Question

I'm helping someone do their taxes and he's filing head of household and one of his dependents owe back child support payments. Would this effect their tax refund? Would he be better off leaving him off his tax return?

If the dependent hasn't worked and has no taxable income could that still effect the Head of Household's return?

Answer 1

i would call the local IRS office and ask. also call the caseworker and see if a tax refund (state and federal) intercept is in place or not.

personally, i wouldnt put that person on my taxs... because of that. risk my refund just because i want the write off? i sure as hell wouldnt.

TAX INFO
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http://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc354.html
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http://www.fms.treas.gov/faq/offsets_childsupport.html

Answer 2

It all depends on how much money the dependant made last year and if that income warrants a refund. Any refund owed to the deadtbeat, can, and should be confinscated by the IRS and given to the party who is owed the child support.

If the dependant is owed a refund from the IRS, that money can be taken to pay off any child support in arrears, which in case will reduce the refund of the parent claiming the dependant that owes money.

Answer 3

I presume the dependent has no income. then it has no effect on the tax refund. Anyway, tax refunds are subject to garnishments for child support owed. If your name is in the list of support payment delinquents then your tax refund will be offset for the amount you owed to the max allowed by law and regulations.

Answer 4

No the taxpayer should not normally be held accountable for the dependent's debt.

However if the dependent is a minor or he is the legal guardian of an adult dependent who is incapable of self support he could be held accountable for child support that the dependent didn't pay.

I'd check with a CPA or tax attorney on that though; it's a bit of an unusual situation.

Answer 5

If the dependent owes, the taxpayer cannot be held responsible. If it is the taxpayer's spouse, the taxpayer MIGHT be held liable.

If the "dependent" is a spouse, somebody's got the shoe on the wrong hand. Spices ain't dependents.

Answer 6

convinced, they sometimes take the state go back first, then the federal. If the returns are better than the arrears, they're going to deliver him the form. that is solid that you're claiming you baby and not in any respect him, in the different case they could take that to, and also you'll not get any of the money out of your baby tax credit or earned income. immediately, the in hardship-free words decision i will imagine of is to have him concentration on fixing his baby help, the faster the arrears are paid off, the faster they're going to leave his taxes on my own. see you later as his arrears are above $500.00 there is not something he can do about a tax interception.