The Social Security Administration (SSA) will increase the default overpayment withholding rate for collection of Social Security overpayments to 100 percent of a person’s monthly benefit effective March 27, 2025. The increase will apply to overpayments of Social Security benefits established on or after March 27, 2025. People can contact Social Security to request a lower repayment rate. This reverses a Biden-administration policy about the default rate of withholding for overpayment collection, summarized here.
People continue to have the right to appeal overpayment determinations. People can also request waiver of the overpayment. Social Security will not pursue recovery while an initial appeal or a waiver request is pending. (Press Release, March 7, 2025.)