Question about the $1200 Stimulus Check

Yes.

I sure hope so.

Co-Flounder wrote:

Yes.

It that really true or are you just being an a$$hole? If they took your tax return they will take your stimulus check too?

There's only things sure in life.

Honestly it is highly highly unlikely they will take your stimulus check.

Why are you in such dire straits that you need this stimulus check? Especially since you stole money previously?

Georgia Boy wrote:

Our tax return was taken this year because of an unpaid Parent Plus loan for my daughter from many years ago. My question is will they take IRS or child support offsets out of the stimulus checks???

We still owe about $4,000.

It appears that the stimulus payment will not be used to offset IRS debt previous owed by taxpayers. Obviously, paying back taxes will not really help stimulate the economy, when the money can be used to pay mortgages, rent, or to purchase necessities. However, with the IRS interest charges, etc., might want to consider using a chuck of that money to clear up your IRS debts.

My wife is a child support enforcement worker. If they have a intercept for your tax refund, it would apply to other payments as well, unless there is a specific provision in the law that exempts it. I don't think the law has even passed, much less filtered down to the implementation level. But I don't think you should count on that check.

I don't know anything about the loans, as her agency does not do that kind of collection, but I would think the same principles would apply.

Edmund Fitzgerald wrote:

It appears that the stimulus payment will not be used to offset IRS debt previous owed by taxpayers.

IRS debt it different from child support payments. Again, this all depends on what is in the bill.

Its about incremental improvements wrote:

Honestly it is highly highly unlikely they will take your stimulus check.

Why are you in such dire straits that you need this stimulus check? Especially since you stole money previously?

You must be one of those out of touch Republicans. A large percentage of Americans are living check to check.

It's a *one-off,* a teaser, a cheap buy-off to those who don't see it as a ruse and insult.

Mine is going to an assisted living center to help preserve our parents and grandparents.

how we got here is another story, but here we are. The only viable solution is not a job creator bail out, but an employee bailout. Close all business and schools for 6 months. All student loan wiped clean, rent and mortgage free(not on hold, but paid) for 6 months , and for 1 year a monthly 2k check.

Georgia Boy wrote:

You must be one of those out of touch Republicans. A large percentage of Americans are living check to check.

Proud Democrat actually haha. Voted for Bernie on Super Tuesday.

I am wondering what your story is that has led you here.

Was investing in your daughter a bad investment? Why were you missing payments?

I am a proud Democrat, but a parent plus loan is certainly not what I consider a "human right" like access to food and healthcare. That's a choice.

Its about incremental improvements wrote:

Georgia Boy wrote:

You must be one of those out of touch Republicans. A large percentage of Americans are living check to check.

Proud Democrat actually haha. Voted for Bernie on Super Tuesday.

I am wondering what your story is that has led you here.

Was investing in your daughter a bad investment? Why were you missing payments?

I am a proud Democrat, but a parent plus loan is certainly not what I consider a "human right" like access to food and healthcare. That's a choice.

The poster took out a loan, and apparently, he did not follow through with the terms of the loan agreement. The poster did not STEAL, and it is not THEFT. There is civil recourse.

You know what's actually theft? TAXES.

Edmund Fitzgerald wrote:

The poster took out a loan, and apparently, he did not follow through with the terms of the loan agreement. The poster did not STEAL, and it is not THEFT. There is civil recourse.

You know what's actually theft? TAXES.

This is comical.

First, taking money from someone and purposely not paying them back is theft. That was the intent of the OP, to steal.

Secondly we all receive things back from the government for our taxes paid. We are paying in to a subscription service like Netflix or Spotify. You do not need to pay into this service, there are numerous other options available to you.

You only owe $4 grand? Why not just pay that sh!t today and be done with it?

This is my point. I am wondering why s/he has fallen so far behind on these payments?

Is there a reason the daughter cannot contribute a little bit of money?

What has happened in this person's life that has left them in this state?

God bless them in this quarantine surviving without TV, phone, or internet. I wish them the best of health as they travel to their library to go on the internet. And if the library closes, I hope they have stocked up on books.

Its about incremental improvements wrote:

This is my point. I am wondering why s/he has fallen so far behind on these payments?

Is there a reason the daughter cannot contribute a little bit of money?

What has happened in this person's life that has left them in this state?

God bless them in this quarantine surviving without TV, phone, or internet. I wish them the best of health as they travel to their library to go on the internet. And if the library closes, I hope they have stocked up on books.

If they took out a ParentPlus loan, they most certainly maxed the federal loan programs first. Those fall to the daughter's name and could be in the neighborhood of $50,000. While she's dealing with those, the ParentPlus people have moved on to the co-signers, the parents.

I understand how the loans work....

Its about incremental improvements wrote:

Edmund Fitzgerald wrote:

The poster took out a loan, and apparently, he did not follow through with the terms of the loan agreement. The poster did not STEAL, and it is not THEFT. There is civil recourse.

You know what's actually theft? TAXES.

This is comical.

First, taking money from someone and purposely not paying them back is theft. That was the intent of the OP, to steal.

Secondly we all receive things back from the government for our taxes paid. We are paying in to a subscription service like Netflix or Spotify. You do not need to pay into this service, there are numerous other options available to you.

Are you a freaking mind reader? Who said I purposely never intended to pay it back. You don’t know ANYTHING about me. You have no idea what circumstances lead to me not being able to pay back the loan. To automatically assume it was theft is silly. Fool