TENS of thousands on benefits are being forced to repay up to £20,000 due to DWP errors. Households on Carer’s Allowance are having fork out huge sums after going over the benefit’s ...

Errors in your Social Security earnings record can lead to getting lower benefits than what you're owed. Here's how to check ...

The Trump administration has reinstated a policy allowing Social Security to withhold 100% of benefits to recover overpayments.

Frank Bisignano just took the top job at the Social Security Administration, and nearly 73 million people might see changes ...

Changes to recovery of Social Security overpayments. Previously, beneficiaries saw their monthly checks garnished by 100% until SSA was able to fully recover accidental overpayments. But the ...

The Social Security Administration is retreating from a recent policy change on the agency recovering overpayments that sparked concerns it could cause financial hardship for tens of thousands of ...

The Social Security Administration revised — again — its policy for clawing back overpayments in benefits, this time saying it would deduct 50% of benefit checks until an overpayment is ...

The United States Social Security Administration (SSA) has begun sending notifications to citizens who have received overpayments in their benefits. These letters demand the return of sums that, in ...

The emergency message to SSA staff said the new policy applies to overpayment notices sent on or after April 25. In one place, the message said the new withholding rate will be “up to 50 percent.” ...

Once a beneficiary is notified of an overpayment, according to the Social Security Administration, it allows a 90-day period in which the beneficiary can request a lower rate of withholding ...

The SSA is required by federal law to recover overpayments, but the rate at which the money is repaid is not set by law. When an overpayment is discovered, the beneficiary receives a letter ...

In 2024, the Biden administration reduced the Social Security overpayment recovery rate to the greater of $10 or 10% of your checks. For example, if you received $1,000 in extra Social Security ...