To add to this. If you owe $500 or more your state will intercept your payment and deduct the amount owed or take the entire payment if you owe that much and you will receive a letter in the mail to verify this. Congress passed laws to prevent your payment from being taken for money owed to the irs and also to prevent debt collectors from intercepting your stimulus but nothing was passed to prevent child support authorities from intercepting your stimulus. This is the only way I know of so far that you can have your stimulus taken. So if you owe child support and couldn't work due to covid you just may be homeless now.
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