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Social Security Overpayments
April 24, 2023
If I Repay My Overpayment In Full Will My Monthly Payments Continue To Be Paid?
February 24, 2023
Will My Benefits Continue Or Will I First Have To Pay Back My Overpayment?
August 24, 2022
Can Social Security Withhold Your Benefits If You Haven't Yet Had A Personal Conference?
July 13, 2022
Can Social Security Legally Require Me To Pay Back More After Telling Me That My Overpayment Balance Was Zero?
June 25, 2022
Will My Boyfriend Be Liable For My Social Security Overpayment If We Get Married?
June 21, 2022
Would I Get Back Pay If Social Security Incorrectly Suspends My Benefits Due To An Overpayment?
April 11, 2022
Do You Have Any Advice About How I Should Deal With My Deceased Father's Overpayment?
November 13, 2021
What Can I Do About Social Security Withholding My Benefits To Recover An Overpayment?
January 2, 2021
Is It Legal For Social Security To Take My Brother-In-Law's Disability Benefits To Repay The Unemployment He Qualified For?
June 15, 2020
Why Is This Father Liable For Repaying Benefits His Ex-Wife Fraudulently Collected?
February 29, 2020
If I'm Repaying A Social Security Overpayment Can SSA Take My Tax Refund?
February 22, 2020
What Can I Do If My Tax Return Was Garnished Even Though My Overpayment Was Waived?
January 9, 2019
What Can I Do About A Social Security Overpayment That Occurred When I Was A Child?
September 16, 2019
Can Social Security Seize My Liquid Assets If They Say That They Overpaid Me?
September 18, 2019
Is There A Legal Way To Protect My Savings Accout From The Social Security Administration?
July 24, 2018
Can We Request An Amendment To Our Tax Returns If We Paid Taxes On Benefits That Must Be Repaid?
May 27, 2018
Can I Collect Six Months Of Back Payment From Both My Own Account And My Ex-Spouse's Account?
April 22, 2018
Do We Have To Repay An Incorrect Payment Even If It Was Social Security's Mistake?
December 5, 2017
Where Do I Send A Refund If I Haven't Yet Been Notified Of An Overpayment?
July 16, 2017
If Social Security Overpays Me Due To Their Error, Am I Responsible For Paying It Back?
May 16, 2017
Can You Explain My My Mother Is Responsible For My Late Father's Non-Payment?
October 2, 2016
Can Social Security Reduce My Benefits Because Of Disability Payments I Received In The Past?
About the Author
Laurence J. Kotlikoff
Laurence J. Kotlikoff is a William Fairfield Warren Professor and Professor of Economics at Boston University, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Fellow of the Econometric Society, and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Professor Kotlikoff received his B.A. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1973 and his Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University in 1977. Kotlikoff is the Director of the Fiscal Analysis Center.
A New York Times Bestselling author, he has written nineteen books and hundreds of professional articles and op-eds. He is a frequent television and radio guest. His columns have appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, London Financial Times, the Boston Globe, Bloomberg, Forbes, Yahoo.com, Fortune, and other major publications. In 2014, The Economist named him one of the world's 25 most influential economists