So my dad is on disability/retirement pension and they received a letter stating that the SSA overpaid them the last few years and that my parents owe them $20,000. Now I'm sure this is chump change to many here and doesn't sound like a whole lot, but with the amount of bills they have to pay they have no hope in paying these people back for quite some time. Possibly 3 years at the earliest... the SSA sent a letter stating if they don't pay back that money they'll either stop the benefits or deduct money from each check to pay back the owed $20k.
All this to say that I'm infuriated by how evil these people are. It's clearly not my parents fault and they even state in the letter that it's not their fault, but they still spring this shit on their lap. Their lawyer apparently told them that nothing can be done about it either.
If you don't mind me asking, why are they saying they overpaid? I have a friend where SS said the same thing. It was appealed and won. Let me get further details and get back.
They didn't really specify why, they basically just said that between 2017 and now they made a mistake in overpaying and that they are now owed the money. Pretty shitty honestly, especially since my parents could never have possibly known or been aware. So is it actually possible to appeal? Their lawyer doesn't seem to think so.
Okay, hold up.
My folks were just told they had an SSA issue as well. They went to their SSA office to ask about it, and it turned out the SSA messed up! Maybe this happened on OP folks' end, too?
However, because of this massive mistake on the SSA's part, they now owe the IRS a good chunk of money.
Anyone else hearing something similar??