Step 1: Offset Check (Required Before Filing) Do you owe IRS/State taxes, student loans, Social Security, Section 8, child support, or other debts? Please call the offset line at 800-304-3107 and click option 1 federal offset) first and then hang up and call back and click option 2(state offset)The number is and see if you owe because your money will taken from you proposed refund