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    deedee3333 Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Jan 6, 2009, 05:18 PM
    Can Social Security garnish their own checks?
    I am about to file for S.S. benefits at age 62. I was told I owed S.S. money some years ago. I filed a waiver and was exonerated from paying some $9,000. I just received another form-inquiry from S.S. to complete asking what I did with some $5,000. This money was covered under the waiver I had filed. Can S.S. garnish my checks or a portion thereof?
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    Jan 6, 2009, 05:23 PM

    If you can not prove you don't owe them they can take it out however they see fit as overpayment.
    They are just now telling me I owe $4,100. For 01 to 04 and I have no idea why. You have to appeal it and prove that you do not owe them.
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    Jan 7, 2009, 09:26 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by deedee3333 View Post
    I am about to file for S.S. benefits at age 62. I was told I owed S.S. money some years ago. I filed a waiver and was exonerated from paying some $9,000. I just received another form-inquiry from S.S. to complete asking what I did with some $5,000. This money was covered under the waiver I had filed. Can S.S. garnish my checks or a portion thereof?


    Yes, they can. They usually take it first and then you fight them. I'm amazed that they "erased" the $9,000 debt. That doesn't happen very often - at all.

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