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

As the Trump administration resumes collections on defaulted student loans, hundreds of thousands of older Americans with ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...