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

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 ...

About 195,000 borrowers who haven't paid their student loan bills for at least nine months received a 30-day official notice ...

The government can seize a borrower's entire federal tax refund, and in some states their state refund, to collect on a ...

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

As of May 5, 2025, the U.S. Department of Education will resume collection efforts on defaulted federal student loans, ending a pause that began in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 p ...

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 resumes collections on student loans in default and many borrowers are already struggling to make ...

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 ...