But in many cases, the IRS garnished the couple’s full payment, inadvertently making the so-called “innocent spouse” pay back child support for which the spouse was not legally responsible.

What to know as student loan collections resume for those in default Americans with student loans who are behind on their payments could face having their wages garnished and other serious ...

Defaulted student loan borrowers will need to come up with a plan in the next few weeks as the Trump administration plans to restart involuntary collections for those who have missed payments ...

Business Patients with medical debt will no longer have wages garnished, liens placed on homes More than 50,000 New Yorkers have faced lawsuits due to overdue medical bills in the past five years.

Garnishing Your Tax Refund Your tax refund can be garnished. The good news is that only state and federal government agencies can do so, according to TurboTax.

That led Social Security beneficiaries who have had their payments garnished to balloon from approximately 6,200 beneficiaries to 192,300 between 2001 and 2019, according to the CFPB.

A. The IRS has said it will not garnish overdue federal debts such as student loans or back taxes from coronavirus stimulus payments, but it was not clear about whether other collections would be ...