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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The way I see it, and I'm not a lawyer, it was their mistake, not yours.

Contact your Congressman.  Explain to his/her staff what happened.  Let them negotiate on your behalf.

Years ago, the IRS tried to squeeze us for "unpaid" taxes.  Yeah, sure, right.  Their letter was very official and aggressive, and they wanted us to cough up taxes on undeclared income.  We contacted our wonderful Congressman,  and his office contacted the IRS on our behalf.  A few weeks later we received a letter from the IRS  stating that we didn't owe taxes.[/quote]

Do not do this.[/quote]

Why not?[/quote]
The congressional staffer will contact the agency, the agency will respond with an explanation that’s identical to the one OP already got, and he or she will be told to follow whatever appeals process exists.  That will be it.  Contacting your congressman will just annoy the poor congressional staffer and the government affairs office that has to type up an answer that’s already been provided.

It is very difficult to win these overpayment cases.  The agency’s position is always that the employee had an obligation to review their pay stubs and SF-50 to ensure they were correct.  OP already admitted not doing that.[/quote]

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