# Tax refund reduced to cover past due tax bill

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-refund-reduced-to-cover-past-due-tax-bill/781740>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 9, 2017, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-refund-reduced-to-cover-past-due-tax-bill/781740 "2017-03-09T00:33:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-refund-reduced-to-cover-past-due-tax-bill/781740/21 "2017-03-11T00:56:45Z")

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> [@Guinastasia](#):
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> Well that’s good to know. But I imagine he should still get all of this information, just for future references.

Yes. That would be very useful. He’d be well advised to find out the extent of the damage.

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**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-refund-reduced-to-cover-past-due-tax-bill/781740/22 "2017-03-11T09:10:35Z")

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> [@Shoeless](#):
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> Wow, really? So the IRS can say “You owe us more money” without a shred of proof to back them up?

Oh, they have the proof to back it up in court. They just won’t share it to you.

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