If you filed a Chapter 7 and it has been discharged your tax refund will not be taken. It will only be taken if you have filed a Chapter 13 and that is entirely up to the Trustee.
No, the refund check must go in the taxpayer or payers names if filing jointly.
No. Only legal government debts can be used against your refund in the FMS refund offset program
Go to the Georgia Department Of Revenue web siteWelcome to the Georgia Department of Revenue Online Refund Inquiry System. This system provides income tax refund information 24 hours a dayClick on the below Related Link
Are you filing "married filing jointly"? - then he is, if you file "married filing singely" the money is yours, legally. But ethically, I think it depends on if he is raising your son as his own and contributing to the relationship if he is entitled or not.
It can take up to six months to receive in order to allow for the filing of an Injured Spouse Form if the obligating parent is remarried and filing jointly.
60days
Yes, if you filed jointly. You owe the government for the loan, they can offset anything coming in your name.
Whether you are entitled to your tax refund will depend on what type of Chapter of bankruptcy you are filing and whether the bankruptcy exemptions can be used to protect the tax refund. If you are filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy then you can generally keep the refund if the available state bankruptcy exemptions provide protection for it. If you are in a Chapter 13 bankruptcy you are typically required to turn over the tax refunds during the life of the Chapter 13 case.
yes, but it is illegal
If you filed jointly and your tax refund was intercepted, you will have to file an injured spouse claim to recover your share of the refund.
Generally the only ones you have to worry about intercepting a refund are State/Gov't debts, but you filed jointly so all debts are joint in many states.
Yes. My husband and I filed our federal refund jointly (mind you he was behind 3K on child support) and they took it all of what he owed. BUT, I went back and filed out an 'Injured Spouse Form' to get back what i earned.