Can the Feds keep a tax refund..if your student loan isn't paid?

My daughter is a single mother and has a very small income and received an EIC when she filed for 2008..the Feds kept it all..because of a student loan in default..is there anything that can be done about this?

Can the Feds keep a tax refund..if your student loan isn't paid?

Payoff the student loans.

If the loans are in default, there is nothing that you can do to get the refund back. It, and all future refunds, will be seized until the loan is paid off.

Can the Feds keep a tax refund..if your student loan isn't paid?

no its something they can and unfortunately do. they withold your tax refund until the loans are paid off.

Can the Feds keep a tax refund..if your student loan isn't paid?

Can they keep your refund? Yes, they can, and as you have seen, they will.

Can anything be done about this? Um, you mean other than paying off the loan?

Can the Feds keep a tax refund..if your student loan isn't paid?

Nope. Until her student loan is either paid off or kept current with payments, they will keep her income tax refunds and any other federal monies until it is paid. I am very sory

Can the Feds keep a tax refund..if your student loan isn't paid?

The IRS will keep all tax refunds until all student loans are paid off. They handle these situations as they handle unpaid child support and unpaid federal taxes.

Can the Feds keep a tax refund..if your student loan isn't paid?

If you are in default, they can keep it.

Can the Feds keep a tax refund..if your student loan isn't paid?

was never notified of the offset, never recieved a letter, i even got a letter for the interests that i paid, i was paying the collection agency for the past two and a half years, and today i check the irs website %26quot;where's my refund%26quot; and YES. they took the amount owed for my student loans...even my EIC.... thank god ill get something extra from federal and state... and.. my student loan will be payed in full and i wont have to worry about it anymore.

PS: they never garnished my wages and i work with the federal government.