Earned Income Credit vs garnished wages

[Got2csun]

Have a client who is paying back child support via a federal garnishment. Has a new child with non married partner and child lives with them. Will any EIC be garnished that he claims for this new child? He realizes he won't receive any refund of this withholding.
Thanks for any thoughts.

[BOB W]

Have a client who is paying back child support via a federal garnishment. Has a new child with non married partner and child lives with them. Will any EIC be garnished that he claims for this new child? He realizes he won't receive any refund of this withholding.
Thanks for any thoughts.

Good question>>> but I believe he gets nothing back.... I hope I'm wrong............

[Grumpy]

My grandson, who never listens to my tax advice, had a refund on his self-prepared tax return, all of which was due to EIC. His refund was retained by the IRS for defaulted student loans. I don't know for certain, but I think they can do the same for child supoort.

[JohnH]

Wrong or right?

Bob: Some people would hope you're right. (ie He gets nothing back, because the money will be going to the first child he won't support)

[jimmcg]

He will receive no refund per the terms stipulated in the garnishment.

[ChEAr$]

garnishment?

He will receive no refund per the terms stipulated in the garnishment.

I thought that terms applied only to wages. Does IRS use the term to denote
offsets?

[bertrans]

garnishment

In general, if a TP has an overpayment on a return, regardless of what caused the overpayment (withholding, refundable credits), and the TP has a liability for any Federal or State debt (limited to those states with which the Service has an agreement), that overpayment will be offset to that debt up to the amount of that debt.

[Davc]

I thought that terms applied only to wages. Does IRS use the term to denote
offsets?

The official IRS term is "Levy".