NTS News : REFUND

Saturday, February 7, 2015

2015 IRS e-file Refund Cycle Chart

This has not been and will not be published by the IRS. They have adopted a standard of issuing refunds for the most part within 21 days of your return being accepted. However, many sites now try to estimate dates when refunds will be sent and the IRS e-file Refund Cycle Chart for 2015 with Direct Deposit and Check dates are only estimates.

Here are the latest dates published:

Saturday, January 4, 2014

Refund Offsets for Unpaid Child Support, Certain Federal and State Debts & Unemployment Compensation Debts

Source: IRS.gov

Page Last Reviewed or Updated: December 31, 2013

The Department of Treasury's Bureau of Fiscal Service (BFS), which issues IRS tax refunds, has been authorized by Congress to conduct the Treasury Offset Program (TOP). Through this program, your refund or overpayment may be reduced by BFS and offset to pay:

Past-due child support;
Federal agency non-tax debts;
State income tax obligations; or
Certain unemployment compensation debts owed to a state. (Generally, these are debts for (1) compensation that was paid due to fraud, or (2) for contributions owing to a state fund that were not paid due to fraud).

You can contact the agency with which you have a debt to determine if your debt was submitted for a tax refund offset. You may call BFS' TOP call center at the number below for an agency address and phone number. If your debt was submitted for offset, BFS will take as much of your refund as is needed to pay off the debt and send it to the agency you owe. Any portion of your refund remaining after offset will be issued in a check to you or direct deposited for you.

BFS will send you a notice if an offset occurs. The notice will reflect the original refund amount, your offset amount, the agency receiving the payment, and the address and telephone number of the agency. BFS will notify the IRS of the amount taken from your refund.