The Internal Revenue Service said it will distribute about 50,000 “catch-up” stimulus checks that were wrongly withheld next month.
The payments will go to people whose portion of the initial Economic Impact Payment under the CARES Act was diverted to pay their spouse’s past-due child support, despite having filed Form 8379, Injured Spouse Allocation.
With the form, the “injured” or negatively impacted spouse on a jointly-filed tax return can file to retain their share of a joint refund that was seized to pay a past-due federal tax, child support or other obligation, according to the financial site Investopedia.
The checks are expected be mailed in “early-to-mid September,” along with their 2019 federal income tax return, or in some cases, their 2018 return. The qualifying spouses do not need to take any action to get their money.
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