{"id":1201,"date":"2018-03-01T21:15:52","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T02:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etax.com\/blog\/?p=1201"},"modified":"2019-07-09T14:00:20","modified_gmt":"2019-07-09T18:00:20","slug":"what-is-an-injured-spouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etax.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/01\/what-is-an-injured-spouse\/","title":{"rendered":"What is an Injured Spouse?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">Taxpayers who file a joint return with their spouse and have part (or all) of their share of overpayment applied to a spouse\u2019s past tax debts may be entitled to claim a refund as an injured spouse. A spouse\u2019s past debts can include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s2\">Tax liability<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s2\">Child\/spousal support<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s2\">Federal non-tax debt<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s2\">State income tax<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">Situational Example: Your spouse\u2019s child support payments are in arrears, and you file a joint tax return. Any refund owed to you for overpayment of taxes can be withheld by the IRS and put towards the spouse\u2019s arrears, even if the refund is generated solely by your overpayment. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">In this scenario, taxpayers who have income and withholdings can request a refund of the amount allocated to them from filing a joint return with Form 8379, Injured Spouse Claim Allocation. <\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Requirements<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">In order to claim your portion of the refund as an injured spouse, the following need to be met:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">You are not required to pay any past due amounts, as the responsibility for the debt falls on your defaulted spouse. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">You reported income on your joint return, such as wages or taxable interest. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">You made and reported payments of taxes, such as Federal Income Tax withholdings or estimated payments, or you claimed the Earned Income Tax Credit or other credit that can be refundable. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taxpayers who file a joint return with their spouse and have part (or all) of their share of overpayment applied to a spouse\u2019s past tax debts may be entitled to claim a refund as an injured spouse. 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