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Does my husband need to file an injured spouse form?

I recently received a surprise notice in the mail...a bill for an emergency room visit that I thought had been taken care of. My ER visit was 9 months ago and just got a notice in the mail a couple of weeks ago that I needed to pay it off or I could face court or wage garnishment blah blah blah blah....

Should my husband fill out an injured spouse form to be sure that it won't be taken from his state refund when we file our taxes? I'm not sure if it's gone that far or not, like I said my visit was 9 months ago and I assumed our insurance covered it since I haven't received a bill until now.

Update:

I knew that the HOSPITAL wouldn't take the money out of his refund, but I just don't know if there is a judgment against me.

I live in NC and did file an injured spouse form the first year that I was married before we got our finances straight together.

Thanks for the advice, I will be calling the hospital in the morning to try to find out more about this situation.

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  • 9 years ago
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    No he doesn't need to file an injured spouse form. They aren't going to take your refund.

    But they can garnish your wages if it goes that far. Call them and set up a payment plan and stick to it. Or you an pay it with your refund and get it out of your hair.

    ADDED: Even if there is a judgement against you, they can't take your refund. The only time tax refunds are offset (taken) is if you the government money (taxes, govenrment loans..etc) and child support. An individual or company can't. All they can do is garnish your wages.

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    based on the information you have offered you knew there replaced into baby help in arrears and yet you had this huge refund waiting to be taken from you. i do no longer have faith you will make any progression with the injured important different application even though document it and wait and see by using fact it is going to take a protracted time to technique. by using fact the taxes are contemporary (2010) you have yet another 2 years beforehand of you so document as quickly as you are able to. interior the recent year, please determine your tax refund is small and you and your husband in spite of "his crappy interest" ought to document a sparkling W-4 sort and declare all the allowances the two certainly one of you are able to declare. It isn't smart to enable your money interior the hands of the government all year long and then lose at a stroke of a pen. You and/or your husband would want settle the youngster help rely with a month-to-month fee the two certainly one of you are able to discover the money for and the quicker the two certainly one of you are able to settle this rely possibly the salary levy may well be lifted. wish this helps you.

  • 9 years ago

    Call the billing department at the hospital and ask them if the insurance company paid, or if a claim was even submitted to them.

    If insurance covered part of the cost and there is a remainder due, ask the hospital if you can pay the rest of what you owe in installments. If you have a hardship situation, they may waive part or all of what you owe.

  • 9 years ago

    If you haven't gotten notice of a garnishment, you should be okay.

    Also make sure that your state takes an injured spouse form. Pennsylvania makes you file separate returns, so I'm sure that there are other exceptions.

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  • rtfm
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    A hospital cannot take your tax refund away. Only the government can do that.

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