<prompt> Human: Basically the title. Some added detail:The tax refunds included tax credits so they were rather large 2000-5000.I worked with the DoE to get them dismissed. Tough work, but eventually thanks to some airplane receipts it was determined I couldnt have signed the promissory note ? in the colleges financial aid office since I was 3,000 miles away at the time.We werent doing well financially at the time, and needed the refunds to pay for child care for the year. This sent us into a downward spiral that weve only just now recovered from 7 years later.My questions:Can I reclaim these offset refunds? It would be great to use the money to pay off our car loan in under a year.How do I initiate this process? Where do I start? The IRS? The DoE?Thanks in advance.  <response>: The IRS has real people that will pick up the phone and want to help you, Id call them and ask. Otherwise go see a Tax Accountant. There is likely some process you need to initiate. The other possibility is that the tax money was paid to the company holding the student loans and now that the loan has been deemed fraudulent youll have to go after them to refund to you money that was paid by the IRS on your behalf. 