How Can I Stop Student Loans from Taking My Taxes?
Credit Corp
MARCH 9, 2021
If it does, you’ll receive a refund offset notice in the mail in advance of the proposed refund garnishment. If you pay your student loan balance before the IRS issues your tax refund, your refund won’t be garnished. To garnish—i.e., take—your tax refund, lenders have to go through the Treasury Offset Program (TOP).
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