ANCHOR Payment FAQs

Maybe, depending on how much you owe. If your overdue support is equal to or greater than one month of support, then the Child Support Program will intercept your payment up to the amount owed.

Maybe, depending on how much your spouse owes. If their overdue support is equal to or greater than one month of support, then the Child Support Program will intercept the payment up to the amount owed. In order for a married couple to receive separate checks for their eligible portion of the ANCHOR payment, during application, you must check the box in Section D to select “I want my half of the benefit payment in my name only.”

No, each homeowner (except married couples) must apply separately to receive this benefit.  

To find out if your ANCHOR payment has been intercepted, please call the NJ Division of Taxation’s ANCHOR Hotline at 1-888-238-1233 to speak to a Taxation representative.

Maybe. If the noncustodial parent’s ANCHOR payment is intercepted, New Jersey must apply the payment to any public assistance arrears owed.  If there is anything left of the ANCHOR payment after the public assistance is paid back, the remaining monies will be sent to the custodial parent up to the arrears amount owed.

Please call the New Jersey Family Support Services Center at 1-877-KiDS (655-4371) to contest for reasons such as mistaken identity, an incorrect arrears balance, or a court-ordered suspension of tax offset.  

If the noncustodial parent owes at least one month of support and their payment is intercepted, then you will receive up to the amount of arrears owed to you.

It depends. The amount of the money you may be entitled to receive will depend on the amount owed to you and whether the noncustodial parent has other child support cases in which arrears are owed. You must have an open Title IV-D case with the NJ Child Support Program to receive any monies.

For more information and FAQs, visit the NJ Division of Taxation website.