20 CFR § 408.905 - Will we withhold or adjust an underpayment to reduce an overpayment if that overpayment occurred in a different period?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s408.905"
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title: "20 CFR § 408.905 - Will we withhold or adjust an underpayment to reduce an overpayment if that overpayment occurred in a different period?"
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "408.905"
section_name: "Will we withhold or adjust an underpayment to reduce an overpayment if that overpayment occurred in a different period?"
chapter_name: "SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION"
part_number: "408"
part_name: "SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN WORLD WAR II VETERANS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
regulatory_source: "68 FR 16418, Apr. 4, 2003, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "408"
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# 408.905 Will we withhold or adjust an underpayment to reduce an overpayment if that overpayment occurred in a different period?

We will withhold or adjust any underpayment due you to reduce any overpayment to you that we determine for a different period, unless we have waived recovery of the overpayment under the provisions of §§ 408.910 through 408.914.