SSA resumes debt collections via Treasury Offset Program, risking tax refunds or pensions for overpayment recipients.

Randall Countryman, 55, of Bonita, California, says a Biden administration proposal to forgive some student debt didn’t ...

If you collect Social Security in retirement, some of your payments are subject to the same garnishment rules that ... benefits to collect overdue federal tax debts. The Treasury Department ...

Those who haven't paid on their debt for nine months or more now face the harsh realities of debt collection. Here's what to ...

For the first time in five years, Trump is resuming collections for defaulted student-loan borrowers on May 5.

Borrowers who are roughly a year behind on their loans could face harsh consequences such as having their Social Security ...

tax refunds, or other federal payments. For Social Security, the withheld amount cannot reduce monthly payments below $750 to ensure a minimum level of support. Wage garnishment: In addition to ...

Wage garnishment for defaulted student loans has officially resumed. Here’s who’s at risk, how it works, and what borrowers ...

The Department of Education said it will resume collections on defaulted loans in the federal student loan portfolio, which ...

If you get a tax refund in any given year ... As a federal payment, even your Social Security checks aren't safe from garnishment. Under TOP, the federal government can offset up to 15 percent ...

If you collect Social Security ... garnished due to unpaid federal taxes, your best course of action is to work out a resolution with the IRS, either on your own or with the help of a tax debt ...

Student loan borrowers who haven't paid their debt now face seeing their wages garnished ... will be dinged, tax refunds will be confiscated, and even Social Security benefits are at risk of ...