Stimulus Check Child Support

The 900 billion stimulus bill from late december changed some of the rules for the second stimulus check including for people who owe and receive child support.

Stimulus check child support. With the 1 200 payments that went out earlier this year people who owed child support had their stimulus checks seized. With the first stimulus check if you owed child support payments by as much as 150 the government gave states the right to garnish the amount you needed to pay. The irs will send stimulus check payments to about 50 000 people whose portion of their payment was diverted to pay their spouse s past due child support.

The new checks will be 600 per adult and 600 per child. 600 for each dependent child. Some earlier proposals for a second round of stimulus checks included payments for dependent adults and college age.

In contrast the first stimulus checks were 1 200 per individual or 2 400 per married couple filing jointly plus 500 per child under 17. While the cares act provided a 1 200 direct payment to most individual adults and 500 per dependent child the new stimulus package provides for a flat 600 payment for every eligible adult. If you owe child support your stimulus check could be garnished.

Parents who received a stimulus check were given 500 for each child in addition to 1 200 for possible lost wages due to the. For example if you owed 2 000. The irs has begun direct depositing stimulus payments due to the covid 19 pandemic.

Aside from the smaller stimulus checks for adults the other major change under the bill passed by congress is the amount provided for dependent children. However people who owe child support may have questions about whether they will still get the checks.