IRS Took Refund After Identify Theft and placing hold on collection

[Jon]

I just check online and received this message “Your refund has been applied to a past due IRS tax obligation.”. I filed for 14039 for Identity after receiving a letter from IRS that I owe more than $33k in 2017. The amount was due to an under report from a company I never worked for “Paypal” I also just found out that my info was part of the Equifx breach in 2017. So I filed Identity Theft for all 3 credit bureaus and form 14039 Tuesday night. I was expecting my refund and needed it badly now this! I called them Wedsndey to place a hold on the collection when agent told me there wasnt a collection on the account at the moment. I received the first letter saying I need to pay by March 2. I reported everything and they still saying they took my refund. How is this fair when I was clearly a victim of Identity theft. What am I supposed to do now…call again? The lady at IRS who files the collect hold told me I has 4 weeks (march 18) and if the case wasnt closed by then to call and extend the hold. Any help or advice with this would help please thank you!

[Target]

You need an Advocate, or more than likely, Lawer to help get this mess sorted. Oh my, sorry you’re dealing w this. Get help ASAP! You’ll need to prove you never worked for paypal. Sounds like someone used your identity in a PayPal scam. You should contact them, too!

All the best to ya!!

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