Finally got through 35 minutes hold 'n' wait on the stimulus line (800-829-0582, Ext. 725), but to no avail. IRS rep says the stim is "a family thing" and they're splitting it right down the middle, 50-50. The 8379 has no effect.
Client's spouse owed child support but filed injured spouse and beat the rap on regular return; received large, full refund and nothing confiscated (income was all injured spouse's). But then IRS grabbed exactly 1/2 the stimulus -- he'd been expecting to get all that too. So anyway, that's what IRS is doing.
Actually those things (the child support debts) seem a bit tacky to me anyway. While the customers don't seem to be much embarrassed at all, I'm thinking "Why don't you support your kid?"
Client's spouse owed child support but filed injured spouse and beat the rap on regular return; received large, full refund and nothing confiscated (income was all injured spouse's). But then IRS grabbed exactly 1/2 the stimulus -- he'd been expecting to get all that too. So anyway, that's what IRS is doing.
Actually those things (the child support debts) seem a bit tacky to me anyway. While the customers don't seem to be much embarrassed at all, I'm thinking "Why don't you support your kid?"
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