Universal credit claimants incurred more than £490m in debt last year due to hundreds of thousands of errors made by the ...

The Social Security Administration, in one of its many recent rule changes, has reverted to a pre-Biden era default clawback rate of 100% of beneficiaries’ checks for overpayments the agency ...

When it comes to Social Security, most people focus on when to claim benefits. But just as important - and far less discussed - is what happens when you're no longer around. Here' ...

If you receive more money than expected from your Social Security payment, don't assume it's a gift from the Social Security ...

Social Security beneficiaries who owe the agency if they received too much in benefits now have a lower withholding rate from their checks.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) is revising its approach to overpayments, offering relief to beneficiaries by ...

WASHINGTON -- A month after making a drastic change to how overpayments on Social Security benefits are collected, the Social Security Administration has backtracked on the plan. In an ...

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 ...

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.” ...

Just last month, SSA issued a press release announcing it would be withholding 100% of recipients’ monthly checks when there is an overpayment. The Trump administration said at the time that it ...