the intent to make deductions from your pay until the debt is paid in full.The VA is required to send you this notice 30 days in advance of taking action to garnish your wages. What Are My Rights?īefore the VA can garnish your wages, the agency has to give you written notice of its intent to do so. Whether your employer wants to do this or not, they have to or the government will sue them. Wage garnishment means the VA or the IRS contacts your employer, tells them you owe the VA a debt, and orders them to forward part of your earnings directly to the government for payment of your debt. If you are working, the VA or the IRS can garnish your wages for payment of your debt to the VA. If do not make any payment at all and do not respond to letters from the VA about your debt, after 180 days have passed, the VA or the Department of the Treasury will seek to collect the debt. It is important to either make payments or to contact the VA Debt Management Center to discuss your inability to pay. If your efforts at obtaining a waiver fail, you can make an offer to pay back the VA an amount less than you owe, or set up a payment plan that will not cause you too much hardship. Learn more about VA overpayments and the waiver process. If you are denied a waiver, you can appeal the denial. If paying back the debt would cause you a great hardship, you can ask for a waiver. If you don't deal with the situation, your wages could be garnished. If you receive a notice from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) telling you that you owe the agency money because it overpaid you veterans benefits, or because payment on an education advance is due, it is important to respond.
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