[brandiet1972]

We received a letter from the IRS in June stating that my husband and his ex-wife owed the IRS approx. $3500.00 for retirement money that they had not reported. I immediately went to H & R Block to see about this matter and was given a form to fill out and the lady told us to send a payment with it. I sent a letter, the form and a check for $100 in July and August. In September my husband got a letter from his employer stating that needed some info because the IRS had sent them a letter. I then called again and was told that the garnishment letter shouldn't have gone out and that they (the IRS) would send a letter to the employer stating that we had already made payment arrangements. I specifically asked her "So I don't have to worry, they won't be taking money out?" and she replied "no." She also said that she would be sending a bank letter so that we could have the money taken out automatically each month. So I sent out our September payment as usual. Today is my husbands payday and we figured his check to ba about $1800 and it was only $300.07. Can they take that much out? We are married and have 6 children that live with us (3 his, and 3 mine.) I thought they could only take 25% and not only that but since we already had arrangements, I can't figure out why they did that anyway. Can anyone explain this to me?

[ScottGem]

This site might help:

Wage Garnishment

[AtlantaTaxExpert]

Looks like all pertinent issues have been addressed.