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06-06-2008, 07:37 PM
By Mal Leary, Capitol News Service
Friday, June 06, 2008 - Bangor Daily News
AUGUSTA — Thousands of Mainers who were expecting a stimulus check from the federal government have gotten an unpleasant surprise. Instead of a check, they received a notice that the money has been seized by the state to pay overdue taxes or some other obligation, including child support.
"As of this afternoon, we have a total of 1,137 stimulus refunds" that were seized, Jerome Gerard, acting executive director of Maine Revenue Services, the state’s tax agency, said Thursday. "That’s a total of $624,000 so far."
Another state agency that benefits from the "offset" provisions of federal law is the support enforcement unit of the Department of Health and Human Services, which is charged with making sure parents pay the child support that has been ordered by a judge. As of May 23, the unit had received nearly $1.2 million from stimulus payments that were diverted from 1,855 individuals, both in Maine and out of state, who owed child support to a Mainer.
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Friday, June 06, 2008 - Bangor Daily News
AUGUSTA — Thousands of Mainers who were expecting a stimulus check from the federal government have gotten an unpleasant surprise. Instead of a check, they received a notice that the money has been seized by the state to pay overdue taxes or some other obligation, including child support.
"As of this afternoon, we have a total of 1,137 stimulus refunds" that were seized, Jerome Gerard, acting executive director of Maine Revenue Services, the state’s tax agency, said Thursday. "That’s a total of $624,000 so far."
Another state agency that benefits from the "offset" provisions of federal law is the support enforcement unit of the Department of Health and Human Services, which is charged with making sure parents pay the child support that has been ordered by a judge. As of May 23, the unit had received nearly $1.2 million from stimulus payments that were diverted from 1,855 individuals, both in Maine and out of state, who owed child support to a Mainer.
read the rest and a few comments.
http://bangornews.com/news/t/news.aspx?articleid=165261&zoneid=500