Are any debts exempt from offset under the Treasury Offset Program?
Yes. Debts arising under the Internal Revenue Code and the tariff laws of the United States are not included in the Treasury Offset Program. Debts arising under the Social Security Act may be, but are not required to be, included in the Treasury Offset Program. Other statutory authority may preclude collection of certain other types of debt by administrative offset. • Can the U.S. Government collect money to pay debts owed to a State? Yes, only by administrative offset of federal payments and under certain circumstances. Under DCIA, administrative offset (i.e., Treasury Offset Program) may be used to collect debts, including funds or property owed by a person to a State (including any past-due support being enforced by the State), the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Yes. Debts arising under the Internal Revenue Code and the tariff laws of the United States are not included in the Treasury Offset Program. Debts arising under the Social Security Act may be, but are not required to be, included in the Treasury Offset Program. Other statutory authority may preclude collection of certain other types of debt by administrative offset. • Can the U.S. Government collect money to pay debts owed to a State? Yes, only by administrative offset of federal payments and under certain circumstances. Under DCIA, administrative offset (i.e., Treasury Offset Program) may be used to collect debts, including funds or property owed by a person to a State (including any past-due support being enforced by the State), the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The Secretary of the Treasury has the discretion to collect debts owed to States by offset; it is no
