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Making direct deposit safe for the garnished

Posted 23 weeks 1 day ago by Philip Brewer

Credit Cards, Consumer Affairs

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The US Treasury pays more money to more people than just about anybody in the world. Last year it disbursed more than $1.6 trillion in 982 million individual payments. As you can imagine, they save a lot of money when they can make direct deposits instead of printing paper checks. So they're always trying to figure out what makes people reject direct deposit. One such thing is garnishment.

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