Skip Child Support? Say Goodbye to Your Passport
Published Date: 5/27/2025
Notice
Summary
The Office of Child Support Enforcement is asking to keep using tax refund grabs, admin offsets, and passport denials for another three years with a few small updates. These actions help collect unpaid child support by taking money from tax refunds or stopping passports. The current approval ends June 30, 2025, so this keeps things running smoothly without missing a beat.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 3 mixed.
Continue Tax Refund Offset
The agency is asking to keep using the Federal Tax Refund Offset for another three years. This means unpaid child support can be collected by taking money from your federal tax refund; the current approval ends on June 30, 2025.
Extend Administrative Offset Use
OCSE seeks to continue using administrative offsets for another three years to collect unpaid child support. Administrative offsets allow the government to reduce or withhold certain federal payments to satisfy past-due child support; the current approval expires June 30, 2025.
Keep Passport Denial for Arrears
The request would keep using passport denial as a tool for another three years to collect unpaid child support. People behind on child support can be denied or have passports restricted to encourage payment; the current approval ends June 30, 2025.
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