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Questions parents getting support ask about intercepting tax refunds

When will I receive the child support payment from tax intercept?

First, the parent owing support must file a tax return and have a refund due. Then:

• You will usually get the support payment from federal joint returns about six months after the Trust Fund gets the payment.
  
• You will usually receive the support payment from all state refunds and federal non-joint refunds about two days after the Trust Fund receives the tax intercept.
  
• If the paying parent requests a hearing about the tax intercept, the money cannot be sent to you until after the hearing.

How do I find out when I am going to get the tax intercept?
Payments from intercepted tax returns listed on the Child Support Online Services website will list the source as "other." The date listed for a federal tax intercept from a joint return is the date the Trust Fund gets the money. You can expect the payment about six months later.

The Child Support Online Services website is updated every night except Sundays.

Do I pay a fee for getting an intercepted tax refund?
Yes. Click here for fee information.

The other parent owes past-due support to two families. How much will I get?
The state refund must first pay any current support for all the payer’s court orders that are certified for tax intercept. Then any remaining state refund is split among the families who are owed past-due support and whose cases are certified for tax intercept. Click here for more information about how state refunds are paid out and how federal refunds are paid out.

Please remember: The federal refund first pays any assigned birth costs and assigned AFDC past-due support.

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