Injured Spouse Stimulus Payment Update
Injured spouse received nothing for their child and not even half of the stimulus check.
Injured spouse stimulus payment update. My taxes were files accepted and i received my portion of the return. Washington the internal revenue service will soon send catch up economic impact payment checks to about 50 000 individuals whose portion of the eip was diverted to pay their spouse s past due child support. The stimulus payments 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.
The irs is aware that in some instances a portion of the payment sent to a spouse who filed an injured spouse claim with his or her 2019 tax return or 2018 tax return if no 2019 tax return has been filed has been offset by the non injured spouse s past due child support. Early on it was suggested that i would receive my part of the. If you are an injured spouse but do not have a form 8379 for the return used to calculate your stimulus check and your portion was withheld you need to fax or mail a completed form 8379 as soon as possible.
For the stimulus check the irs went off my 2018 taxes. Now the stimulus package i received a letter from the us treasury advising they took exactly half of what my family was owed 2 adults 3 kids 1950. These catch up payments are due to be issued in early to mid september.
If after you submit the form you have not received. If you have questions about the second economic impact payment also known as stimulus payments see the related questions and answers. Eligible individuals who filed for or can file for injured spouse allocation form 8379 and did not receive their economic impact payment will receive their payment in the coming weeks.
There is no need to file another injured spouse claim for the payment. I always file injured spouse and now the husband is a disabled vet. I filed my taxes just recently.
Ir 2020 192 august 25 2020. My husband owes back child support and i had never filed an injured spouse form. I filed married filing jointly with the injured spouse form 8379 on my 2018 taxes also my 2019 taxes but those are still being processed.