Overpayment
Social Security repayment rules
Are you in an overpayment status with the Social Security Administration? On March 27th, SSA changed how they collect overpayments, reversing the policy of having 10 percent of your overpayment withheld from your check to 100 percent. However, this new…
Social Security resorts to the old rule of collecting overpayments March 27, 2025.
Social Security recipients currently on a repayment plan which only requires you to pay no more than $10 or 10 percent of your benefit per month, will not be affected by this change. Beginning on Thursday, March 27th, 2025, you…
How to Avoid Overpayment of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Benefits
SSI is a needs based program which means eligibility is based on your total resources. It is important to let Social Security know if anything about your situation changes. Read this article by Josh Weller, Social Security Public Affairs Specialist…
Overpayments: A Continuing Social Security Controversy
It has been widely reported that Social Security is trying to recover billions in overpaid benefits. Indeed Congressional hearings have been held with Congress drilling Social Security on the processed being used and, especially, the reasons that some benefits are…