If it is determined that the creditor agency did not obtain relief from the automatic stay, then the TOP offset may be reversed. Eligibility for the payment is based on the CTC shown on the tax year 2020 return (2019 if a 2020 return has not posted). Input a TC 290 .00 with a Hold Code 4 to hold the credit when sending a no consideration letter. See SERP, Who/Where, Offer-in-Compromise (OIC) Compliance Campus Locations, for more information. Non-IDRS manual refunds issued on Form 3753 are now subject to TOP offset. It is not all-inclusive. ECC-MTB searches this file after any applicable tax offsets are determined but before crediting the credit elect amount. The change does not apply to the processing of Form 8379 Injured Spouse Allocation. Change the control base for paper and electronic filed form to category and program code DMFT (40110 Tax Debt). Taxpayers may allocate SRP on Form 8379, Injured Spouse Allocation, however they choose. We allocated the repayment for you, giving each spouse one half of the excess APTC repayment. Do not forward agency correspondence to IRS Headquarters unless directed to do so by Headquarters. Transfer insolvency calls to ACD = 92318 or IUP = 1618. The programming issue was fixed. Offset Program MS A142 Franchise Tax Board PO Box 2966 Rancho Cordova, CA 95741-2966 Although you are not subject to offset of your federal income tax refund while the bankruptcy "automatic stay" is in effect, you still are obligated to file tax returns. Advise the taxpayer of the reason for the offset. You must attach all Form 8379 Injured Spouse Allocation Worksheets used to determine the Injured Spouse share of the refund to your case file, unless one of the shortcuts apply. A tax overpayment must offset to an outstanding Federal tax debt before it offsets against other debts or is applied to a credit elect. Wage & Investment Division. Some examples of returned payments include: Bureau of the Fiscal Service will normally reverse all offsets associated with a canceled refund and return the full amount of the original TC 840/TC 846 to IRS. There is a TC 898 for $1,500.00 on the account. 6) Taxpayer claims his/her refund was less than expected, amount disagrees with TC 846/840. If there was an Agency Refund for a partial amount reverse any remaining amount TC 898/TC 971 AC 598 minus any TC 899/TC 971 AC 599. If the funds are transferred back to the individual income tax account(s), a refund will be generated if there are not any outstanding taxes or State or Federal debts owed by the taxpayer. blocking series 00 if the original return is attached to the allocation or blocking series 05 if the original return is not attached), see IRM 21.5.3.4.6.3, No Consideration Procedures. One additional week should be added to cases that will be held and released one week later with TC 810/811. (-G) Math Error Freeze, Forms 8379 received with an original return that shows a math error on the return should not be processed without first attempting to resolve the math error. Be sure to consider all offsets, including offset to child support, to determine whether the offset can/cannot be reversed, see IRM 21.4.6.4.2.4, Child Support TOP Offsets, for more information. 3) Taxpayer claims his/her refund was less than expected, amount agrees with TC 846/840. Additional Child Tax Credit, Making Work Pay Credit, American Opportunity Credit, etc.) Monitor the account for the posting of the TC 840 and TC 150. Refer to IRM 21.4.4.4.2, Outstanding Balances/Duplicate Refunds. There is a partial lost refund when the TC 846 and the TC 898 are NOT the same. UPC 137 and UPC 437 are IMF and BMF UPC(s) unique to the posting of a TC 898 or TC 899. See IRM 21.4.6.4.2.1, TOP Offset Bypass Indicator (BPI). A TC 290 .00 is also not required if there is no credit balance to release. Work the case. If the injured spouse is the secondary taxpayer and Part II, line 11, box is checked on Form 8379 (Rev. If PENDMRR or MRRTONHQ is not present in the IDRS case control activity, then the TC 899 Type 3 is a BFS/IRS correction. In general, IRS may honor a hardship refund request if the taxpayer has no debt or owes only Federal taxes. The OTN input with TC 766 must match an OTN of a prior posted TC 898. If the injured spouse allocation cannot be allowed, do not send another disallowance letter. Add the amount of interest computed to the Form 8379 Injured Spouse Allocation Worksheet. Refer to IRM 21.5.4.5.7, Math Error with Injured Spouse. This will require a manual reversal. BPI (5) indicates that TOP should bypass all debts for the primary TIN and all debts except child support for the secondary spouse. The TOP Liaison will manually input the TC 971 AC 598 with OTN if the information is available for audit trail purposes. Rev. However, in some instances the recovery did not work. If BFS cannot recover the offset, the TOP Liaison Office will contact the initiator of the reversal request within 4-6 weeks of input. If taxpayer inquires of an existence/non-existence of a TOP debt at Bureau of the Fiscal Service, do not use the Agency or Sub Agency codes found on CC TXMOD or CC IMFOL. For instance. Compute each spouse's separate EITC, with (Y) indicator, based on each individuals earned income, using the same number of qualifying dependents used to compute the EITC on the joint return. 401 14th Street SW Attach a copy of the evidence provided by the taxpayer substantiating the overpayment. The above list is not all inclusive, there may be other situations that may warrant no consideration. The manual refund document must be received by Accounting no later than the Friday cut-off-time before the Assessment Document Date (23C Date, always a Monday) of the original return. 11-2016 (MeF) and Rev. If Insolvency does not provide a specific name and number for the injured spouse to contact, include the Philadelphia CIO telephone number 800-973-0424 in the Letter 3179C. Bureau of the Fiscal Service provides the debtors name only. 8) You have an Injured Spouse and the case is suspended to CAT-A for the First-Time Homebuyer Credit (FTHBC), Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and/or Adoption Credit, Work the case up to the amount of the FTHBC, EITC and/or Adoption Credit. BPI (1), (2), (5), (6), (8) and (9) are not valid unless block 9 (Injured Spouse) is used. A combat zone C Freeze generates a BPI (4) on a TC 846 issued from that module. Otherwise use a Hold Code 2 and release the refund using RN 810/811 or issue a manual refund if required. The injured spouses manual refund must include the appropriate BPI and be issued in either one name only or both names, depending upon how the Form 8379 was completed by the taxpayers. 20) Taxpayer filed Form 8379 in any manner. If Combat indicator is "2", then the taxpayer is no longer a combat zone participant. If part of the stimulus payment was offset and part was refunded to the taxpayers, deduct the refunded amount from the credit amount to determine if the injured spouse is entitled to any additional refund. Send to TAS when an OBR phone request is received on the Customer Service line if the 23C date has not passed OR a clerical error occurred that prevented processing the taxpayer's OBR request before the 23C date. If a TOP offset (TC 898) reversal is needed on MFT 35 and credit interest needs to be manually computed (TC 770) : Compute the interest and release the refund. If 11-14 weeks have passed, the case has not been worked, it is controlled to a clerical, site specialized control number or there is an open control base not assigned to specific CSR, you are not trained to work Injured Spouse cases, and do have access to CIS, leave a Case Note. If the case has been worked and refund issued no letter is needed. This has no effect on injured spouse forms filed against tax offsets since IRS creditor rights permit an offset based on the applicable state law regardless of how EITC may be allocated. For Child Support offsets Agency Code 1 and 2, reverse the offset, however, you must use Hold Code 4 to ensure that the credit does not refund. The IRS mission is to provide America's taxpayers top quality service by helping them understand and meet their tax responsibilities and by applying the tax law with integrity and fairness to all. We strongly encourage taxpayers to file online via the AZTaxes.gov website for faster processing and fewer errors. The 5-month limit allows for internal system processing of the offset reversal request (TC 766 with an Offset Trace Number - OTN). Advise the taxpayer that IRS cannot bypass a completed TOP offset for hardship. If interest was included in the refund that was offset, further computation is needed when the injured spouse is not entitled to all the overpayment. If a refund was issued and Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is involved, refer to IRM 21.6.3.4.2.7, Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). Accounting receives and processes the approved OBR request before the posting date of the freeze release. If there is no DEBTOR-TIN shown, the taxpayer with the primary TIN is the debtor. When referring cases to TAS, use Form 911, Request for Taxpayer Advocate Service Assistance (and Application for Taxpayer Assistance Order), and forward it to TAS. Explain that IRS has already obtained the offset funds from the agency and that the agency is now owed the money. Refer to IRM 21.4.4.5, Preparation of Manual Refund Form. Refund is requested as a direct deposit or paper check. When these things happen, a person may be able to legally request that some or all of their funds be returned to them with a tax refund offset reversal. Your Lead Tax Examiner or an employee of the Taxpayer Advocate Service must contact Bureau of the Fiscal Service at 8003043107, Monday through Friday from 7:30 AM to 5:00 PM CST, to determine if a TOP liability exists for the primary TIN and secondary TIN if it is a joint return. California and New Mexico recognized same-sex marriages starting in mid to late 2013. BPI 8 generates on the first refund, TC 846, issued after the reversal of a TOP offset to a primary TIN's debt. The domicile of a person does not change merely because of entry into the military and being stationed in another jurisdiction. TC 840/TC 846 did include interest when originally offset, (01) Invalid Offset Trace Number (OTN) The requested TC 766 carried an OTN that does not match at Bureau of the Fiscal Service for the same taxpayer. Some of these codes may also occur when you attempt to post other transactions not explained in this section. If there is a UPC 151 RC 0 on the account, research CC UPTIN of the campus identified in the Refund Schedule Number (RSN) of the TC 846/TC 840 on the account. Rev. Non-Community Property Allocation Shortcuts: When the injured spouse earned all the income and allocates all the credits to themselves. Program Effectiveness: Program Effectiveness is determined by AM employees successfully using IRM guidance to perform necessary account actions. ", RC 089 - "the offset was done in violation of the automatic stay of bankruptcy. Unpostable conditions must be resolved before inputting any TOP offset reversal. A TC 899 type 2 (agency refund) for $45.00 is posted. If you need to reverse a TC 898/TC 896 that is over six years, a manual reversal is required. The TOP Liaison will refer to IRM 3.17.63.9.27.4, Treasury Offset Program (TOP)/Debtor Master File (DMF) Manual Offset Reversal Transactions. After contacting Bureau of the Fiscal Service, select the option "If you are calling from a federal or state government agency please press 3 then press 6 for IRS employee processing a Form 8379.". For same-sex couples residing in a non-community property state, process the Form 8379 the same as opposite-sex couples. An account may have both a tax offset and a TOP offset. See IRM 25.15.5.2 Community Property States. If the taxpayers filing status is other than Married Filing Joint (MFJ) and filed a zero or $1 return and there is no credit on the account, close your case using Document Type-Internal Transcript, IDRS Cat Code IRRQ, Program Code 40000. The CP 36D notices for paper returns continue to print in Files for association with the original return and are shipped to AM to be scanned through the Correspondence Imaging System (CIS). The term marriage also does not include a marriage entered under foreign law unless that marriage would be recognized in a state, possession, or territory of the United States. The amount of credit elect is reduced by the total amount of debt owed. A tax offset will not occur in certain situations, see IRM 21.4.6.5.10.5 Injured Spouse Refund - Tax Offset. Some taxpayers will attach Form 8379 to their joint Form 1040 or Form 1040X, see IRM 21.4.6.5.8.10.1, Form 8379 Attached to Joint Form 1040/Form 1040X. SC 7 results in the following statement on the notice: "All or a portion of your Federal Income Tax Refund offset which was previously applied to an outstanding child support or federal agency debt is now being reversed because". When working an injured spouse form for a tax offset (I) debt, the control base must be changed to something other than DMFC (97140 Paper)/DMFE (97144 Electronic). OBR requests should generally not be referred to the Taxpayer Advocate Service. Refer to IRM 3.17.79, Accounting Refund Transactions, for additional information. There may be more than one on the account. No payments or credits, other than a TC 706 credit, posted to the MFJ account since the tax assessment. Multiplying the total interest payment of $47.49 by the percentage determined above equals $20.99 ($47.49 X .44210). If there are two or more offsets with different dates, consider each one separately when determining the six-year period for reversal. When a taxpayer wants to claim innocent spouse relief, but mistakenly uses Form 8379, Injured Spouse Allocation, return the Form 8379 to the taxpayer. Failure to input the PC 8 will result in an UPC 159. If there is a TC 150 on the correct year, adjust and work the return/form for the correct tax period. An indicator of "N" means no debt. The remaining RRC is split 50/50 up to $600.00 for each spouse, plus any qualifying child exemption amount. A complaint form can be obtained at https://www.irs.gov/about-irs/your-civil-rights-are-protected. For tax years 2009 and 2010, the Making Work Pay Credit provides a refundable tax credit of up to $400 for working individuals and $800 for married taxpayers filing joint returns. Refer to IRM 3.17.79.10.7, Incorrect Cancellation Amounts, for correcting UPC 138. Send the OBR to TAS if the taxpayer requests TAS assistance or if the request meets TAS criteria 1-4 and you cannot resolve the request (or steps taken to resolve) within 24 hours. Once the RRC offsets to pay a TOP debt, it loses its identity as a RRC payment. The transaction date is the received date of the Form 8379. Do not use the Agency or Sub Agency Codes found on CC TXMOD or CC IMFOL for processing an injured spouse allocation, nor for advising the taxpayer of the existence/non-existence of a TOP debt at Bureau of the Fiscal Service. To reverse TOP offsets for scrambled SSN cases: Reverse an offset only when you can establish that the taxpayer who was offset absolutely was not the obligor. BPI (1) (2), (8) and (9) are not valid when the BPI was set to (4). For further information, see IRM 25.15.5.4, Domicile. Authority for these procedures is found in IRC 6402. See IRM 21.6.6.2.20.2, Processing Decedent Account Refunds. Bureau of the Fiscal Service (BFS) will forward the reversal request to Child Support, pending conformation with the states that the funds are still available. Honor an Offset Bypass Refund (OBR) hardship request. Ensure that there are no unpostable TC 898 or TC 899 transactions on the account. 2) Taxpayer claims he/she didn't receive a refund of overpayment. This is required for injured spouse allocation processing. For all shortcut methods, if the Recovery Rebate Credit (RRC) is claimed and the injured spouse is entitled to half of the RRC. Input 290 .00, RN 810 or RN 811, RC 086, SC 7 with the appropriate PDC or issue a manual refund if applicable. Accounts with undeliverable refund checks must be researched for the correct address for re-issuance of a manual refund. If an allocation of QBI cannot be determined and each spouse has QBI, split the allocation of QBID in half (50/50). TC 899, type 3, with negative money amount, is used by Bureau of the Fiscal Service for an IRS Manual Reversal Request and for a refund issued by Bureau of the Fiscal Service. The IRS also has information on this issue at IRS.gov/newsroom and IRS.gov/refunds. Input a TC 290 .00 with the appropriate blocking series (e.g. Subtract any previous offset or refund, such as TC 820/TC 826, TC 840/TC 846, BMF or IRAF TC 896, attributable individually or jointly to the injured spouse, from the injured spouse's share of the joint overpayment. The TC 766 posts with the return due date or return received date, whichever is later. Input the Form 5792, Request for IDRS Generated Refund (IGR), manual refund on CC RFUNDR with BPI 0. Use the same column in the EITC table as used to determine the EITC on the original joint return. Advise the taxpayer NOT to include a copy of the tax return with the Form 8379 nor to file it with a Form 1040-X unless changes to the tax return need to be made. BPI (3) generates on all refunds from MFTs that are ineligible for TOP offset. The "B" indicator is set when both IRS and TOP debt indicators are present. Before reversing any child support offsets, see IRM 21.4.6.4.2.4, Child Support TOP Offsets and IRM 21.4.6.4.2.12 (1) & (2), TOP Offsets Involving ID Theft and ID Theft with Fraudulent Returns, above. 1. The 17 week timeframe includes the 9 week processing timeframe for a corrected TPP Unpostable 126-0. If the secondary spouse owes the debt, the debtor TIN will also be shown DEBTOR-TIN. Form 8379 is forwarded to the Accounts Management (AM) Function, A (TC) 971, Action Code (AC) 071, is input when the case is controlled. The case is suspended for missing and/or additional information and no reply is received within 40 days. Information indicates taxpayer may have resided in both types of states, or in two or more community property states. The late return received date, the date of the overpayment (as determined in the preceding table), or the return processable date. Only the TOP Liaison is authorized to input a TC 767 with the OTN. To determine the appropriate campus, use the 8th and 9th position of the RSN. If the tax year has ended, input a credit transfer, TC 830/TC 710, using CC ADD48. The Liaison contacts the agency to determine which taxpayer owes the TOP obligation. You must input a History Item when you are referring the taxpayer to another agency for resolution. Do not input a TOP offset reversal when the 23C date is over 6 years old. If the amount of the taxpayer's overpayment exceeds the total of the Federal tax liability and the TOP debt, a manual refund may be issued with a BPI (3) for the amount by which the refund exceeds both debts. Injured spouse cases originally worked and closed in Philadelphia should be directed to Memphis Accounts Management. You can tell the taxpayer: The IRS no longer maintains child support or other TOP debts. Some freezes and the actions required to process the injured spouse allocation are: Invalid TIN entity freeze: Resolve problem with the TIN before processing the Form 8379. This doesn't imply when the refund would make it back to you, but infers to how long it takes to posts to your debt account. If approval to issue the refund is received, input a Manual Refund using BPI 8 or 9. ), Criminal Investigation (CI) (Z or Z freeze, TC 914/TC 916/TC 918). Allow the additional credit (TC 806) Input the TC 806 first with HC 1, then input your TC 808/809/810/811 with a PDC for 1 cycle. Please allow up to 180 days for the manual reversal to post. If the injured spouse is the secondary taxpayer and Part II, line 11, is not checked on Form 8379 (Rev. Hold until the -Q freeze is released with TC 572 by EXAM or IVO. Input a TC 971, AC 001 to cross-reference the correct tax period. If the jointly filed claim on Form 1040, U.S. For all Form 8379 revisions prior to 11-2014, issue the Injured Spouse's portion of the refund in "one name only" even if line 11, one name only box is not checked. For Form 8379, Injured Spouse Allocation, input RN 808/RN 810 or RN 809/RN 811 with a PDC for 2 cycles or issue a manual refund if applicable. Once the stimulus payment offsets to pay a Federal tax debt or TOP debt, it loses its identity as a stimulus payment. When working a Form 8379 and the debt indicator on CC INOLE is "N" for both taxpayers, do not release the overpayment with a TC 571. If the secondary TIN is invalid and a refund is requested in one name only, a manual refund is required. If IVO advises the return has been referred to the appropriate function, issue a Letter 916C, Claim Incomplete for Processing; No Consideration, informing the taxpayer that upon completion of the review of their tax return, they can re-submit a new Form 8379, Injured Spouse Allocation, if needed. For TOP offsets, BFS issues the Notification of Offset. This information is intended as a guide to determine when it is acceptable to reverse a Treasury Offset Program offset and when the offset should remain on the account. See IRM 21.6.3.4.1.24.2 Advance CTC. A manual refund due to hardship with BPI 3 must not be used to bypass a TOP offset. If there is a return attached to Form 8379 and research indicates that there is no TC 150 on the account, see IRM 21.6.7.4.2.5, TC 150 Not Located Duplicate or Amended Return Obtained, to process the return. For taxpayer inquiries regarding Refund Discrepancies: Advise the taxpayer to allow five calendar days for direct deposit and 4 weeks for paper check to arrive. Any refund under $25 is not offset by TOP. When the taxpayer disagrees, or does not understand the injured spouse allocation by the IRS: If you work injured spouse allocations, verify the Form 8379, Allocation Worksheet. Emergency hardship refunds require coordination with Bureau of the Fiscal Service to ensure that a TOP debt is not bypassed. Use HC 1, 2, or 4 when reversing an offset and issuing a manual refund. Public Law 93-647 authorizes the collection of child support debts through this "Full Collection" procedure. Quality data and guidelines for measurement are referenced in IRM 21.10.1, Quality Assurance - Embedded Quality (EQ) Program for Accounts Management, Campus Compliance, Field Assistance, TEGE, Return Integrity and Compliance Services (RICS), and Electronic Products and Services Support. Process Form 8379 based upon the box checked and state provided. Refer to IRM 1.4.3.1.2, Authorities, for more information. 7) Taxpayer says Form 8379 was filed with his/her original return and no refund was received. If CC INOLET does not display a debt indicator, then the IAT Results IS screen displays the "N" . The priorities for offset are: Federal Tax, Primary Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN). Research CC IMFOLE for the Combat indicator on Line 11. If the IRS offsets the refund claimed on a Form 1040/Form 1040X (in whole or in part) to a Federal tax debt or a TOP debt, the IRS does not issue a Notice of Claim Disallowance, because no claim has been disallowed. This indicator is normally set to "0" . Enter a Case Note (CN) with the information obtained from the caller if you have access to CIS, or. A refund offset is when an IRS refund is reduced or intercepted to pay off delinquent debt, such as past-due child support, outstanding student loans, or unpaid state income tax. Before reversing any offset to Office of Child Support Enforcement (Agency Codes 1 and/or 2), see IRM 21.4.6.4.2.4, Child Support TOP Offsets. If the Form 8379 is filed by itself, and there was no offset on the module or a corrected math error has created a balance due, you should not consider the Form 8379. See paragraph (10) above. Total credit would be $589.00 (9,500 x .062). Do not use the Agency or Sub Agency Codes found on CC TXMOD or CC IMFOL for processing an injured spouse allocation, nor for advising the taxpayer of the existence/non-existence of a TOP debt at Bureau of the Fiscal Service. 11-2016 (MeF) and Rev. Before reversing any offset to Office of Child Support Enforcement (Agency Codes 1 and/or 2), see IRM 21.4.6.4.2.4, Child Support TOP Offsets. Close the case. You do not need to complete the Injured Spouse Allocation Worksheet when one of the shortcut methods apply. The SD documentation must include all the following: Taxpayer must confirm that they would like the funds to remain on the LLC account. Reverse the TOP offset first using the appropriate hold code and then transfer any additional amount allocated to the Injured Spouse from the tax offset. When Insolvency approves the manual refund, you must indicate approval on Form 5792. All Form 8379 revisions prior to 11-2014, issue the Injured Spouse's portion of the refund in "one name only" even if line 11, one name only box is not checked. ID Theft, Merge cases, Scramble cases etc.). The IAT Results IS screen may respond with a debt indicator "N" when an invalid TIN indicator follows the TIN. If the taxpayer's Form 8379, Injured Spouse Allocation, can be processed with a faxed copy of Form 8379 request a copy and work the case. 6) Taxpayer's overpayment is not being held by EXAM, however, there may be a -L or -LR freeze on the account by EXAM pending review of his/her tax return, The TC 570 creating the -R freeze has the same DLN as the original return with blocking series 92. The only debt involved is TOP and/or premarital Federal tax debt owed, by the other spouse or no debt is owed. Use a secondary TC 570 as needed. NEVER input TC 767 with the OTN for any reason other than to correct a reject on the TC 766 reject listing. Upon each cycle's completion, the TOP Liaison will send an e-mail to IRS Headquarters Analyst acknowledging that the listing has been processed. Do not adjust if within IRS tolerance guidelines per IRM 21.5.1.4.12, Tolerances. The six-month limitation period, noted in (4) above, does not apply to the processing of Form 8379, Injured Spouse Allocation. If the return has not been processed, "O" code the return for processing to prevent an erroneous refund. A clerical error includes bookkeeping, ministerial, inadvertent, or accidental errors, or even mistakes of fact. BPI (6) indicates that TOP should bypass all debts for the secondary TIN and all debts except child support for the primary spouse. Contact Insolvency at the Centralized Insolvency Operation (CIO) or fax Form 4442, (see (1) above for faxing instructions) to determine if the Injured Spouse's refund can be issued. See IRM 21.4.6.5.10.5, Injured Spouse Refund - Tax Offset. IRS will not be reversing any RRC tax offset which occurred before March 18, 2021, unless an Injured Spouse Allocation, Form 8379 is filed requesting the injured spouses share of the offset. Inform the injured spouse that his or her refund can be offset for any past-due child support or other TOP debts that he or she may owe. TC 971 AC 598 is a manual input of a TOP offset record which is used when the TC 898 has been deleted in error. The credit will be calculated at a rate of 6.2 percent of earned income, and will phase out for taxpayers with a modified adjusted gross income more than $75,000 ($150,000 for married couples filing jointly) with total elimination at $95,000/$190,000. Research for Outstanding Balance Liabilities (OBLs) for both spouses before completing the allocation. He/she may contact the TOP Call Center at 800-304-3107, TDD 8008778339 to determine if a debt is owed and whether an offset will occur. is involved, refer to IRM 21.6.7.4.2.7.3 (1)(n), Incorrect Year Posted First. (W) Failed Banks/Litigations Freeze: Complete thorough research of the account and modules to identify the -W (Litigations) freeze status. Bureau of the Fiscal Service sends an offset notice to the taxpayer if this occurs. Individual Income Tax Return: Request via telephone or letter that the taxpayer send a signed copy of the form via fax or mail and provide any other missing information. If the jointly filed claim on Form 1040 or Form 1040-X was timely per IRC 6511(a), and IRS determines an overpayment exists, and an amount is available for credit or refund per IRC 6511(b), then the amount of the joint overpayment properly allocated to the debtor spouse will be offset against the debtor spouses debts. Be sure that all TC 898(s) net to zero before attempting to merge the accounts again. If the Form 8379 is filed by itself, and there was no offset on the tax period being worked or a corrected math error has created a balance due. IRS can no longer manually repay the refund to the agency. If you do not reverse the full amount of the offset, you must compute the amount of credit interest allowed on the portion you are reversing. 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