on the wmr it states my refund was approved with the 2 orange bars. in there it states :please note" and it goes on to say if any money is owed for back child support, any unpaid other obligations like unemployed etc, can be withheld. my question is is that a standard notation included in everyone's status update?
YES refund offset program is taken care of by the FMS at that time and the FMS would know about this matter at that time NOT the IRS for this purpose.
Did you happen to think about printing a copy of the message so that you could have it for future reference and to be able to read it real slow and try hard to under stand exactly what the message was telling you at that time in your life.
Next should be the SENT OUT date to the FMS and then from the FMS on to your account holder number that you did choose to use for your DD or mailed out check RIGHT.
Hope that you find the above enclosed information useful. 03/16/2013