When I checked where’s my refund just now it updated to this. What does it mean? Your tax refund has been approved for direct deposit. However, it may be partially or completely reduced to pay a past due obligation, such as child support, another federal agency debt, or state income tax. If so, the Bureau of the Fiscal Service (), who issues IRS refunds, will send you a notice with the amount of the and contact information. The details of the are not provided to the IRS. This application will be updated with the refund amount remaining, if any, after the is deducted. If your refund is not credited to your account by March 12, 2022 please revisit this site or visit IRS.gov/Refunds, for your revised refund status. Updates to refund status are made no more than once a day.

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Zainab Ibrahim

This basically means (Bureau of Fiscal Service) has identified that you owe money somewhere - could be child support, state taxes, or federal debt. They're gonna take what you owe from your refund before sending you whatever's left. You'll get a notice explaining exactly what was taken and why. Pro tip: you can actually use taxr.ai (https://taxr.ai) to analyze your transcripts and see if theres any indicators of what kind of offset this might be. It'll show you any past due amounts or liens that could be causing this.

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