Today, after opening a letter from the VA, I found out that I have to pay back all the money I earned last year in the Army. I just spent $500 on Christmas presents. Payments start in January. FML
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Today, I found out my school's financial aid had a "misunderstanding" of my finances, I can no longer afford to pay half of my bills or pay for Christmas. FML
Today, I got a letter from the IRS informing me that I owed a debt of $80 dollars from 4 years ago, and that it has now grown to over $800 dollars, and it's due this month. FML
Today, I sat down to do my taxes. As I was going over my forms, I found my employer only took $1.72 out the entire year for my Federal Income Taxes. I now owe the IRS over $500 that I don't have. FML
Today, I was told that due to budget cuts, my employment will be terminated. I maxed out all my credit cards shopping and traveling for Christmas. I threw away the receipt for most of the items I’d bought. $7,200 in debt and unemployed, what a great way to start the new year. FML
Today, getting home from a long day at work, I checked the mail and saw three envelopes from the IRS. Apparently I now owe over $4,000. I only have $2 in my bank account. FML
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Today, I used my Christmas holiday time to open up a load of old letters. There were a lot of bills, of course, but there was also a note telling me that I'm due for a tax inspection. Merry F*ing Christmas! FML
Today, I have -$700 in my current account, $500 from overdraft fees because I spent money they told me I had. I don't get paid till the 15th and when I cash in my paycheck all of it will go to bringing me even. So the $9 I found in my wallet this morning will have to last me untill the 30th. FML
Today, I found out that I owe the IRS money due to my previous job not taking enough taxes out. I am broke, unemployed, and was counting on a big refund so I could pay for my divorce. FML
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Scotth901 22
Why on earth do you have to pay it back? Appeal it to whatever military court handles issues like that, and if you can't, take it higher to a tribunal!
Avashantu 18
Why would you have to pay back all the money you earned?
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Avashantu 18
Why would you have to pay back all the money you earned?
quicksandy 11
You aren't allowed to earn disability from the VA and get paid for drills/active status both at the same time. That's why they told us after our deployments we should wait for any filing until we discharged or were med boarded out. But always keep a copy of any injury report while on duty.
BritNic420 9
Quicksandy is correct. It's stated in the first few pages of the disability paperwork that you cannot receive both disability compensation and active/reserves/guard drill pay at the same time and that you have to waive one or the other. My husband is a disabled veteran, I'm helping my father with his claim, and I intern at a VA. Also if you are found to be 100% unemployable and you get a job, you will have to pay back all compensation you received.
rldostie 19
Yup. I had disability from active duty but joined the National Guard. It eventually caught up with me and I had to pay back the pay as well as forgo any future pay from the National Guard. I ended up working for them for two years with no pay. Gotta love the military
Scotth901 22
Why on earth do you have to pay it back? Appeal it to whatever military court handles issues like that, and if you can't, take it higher to a tribunal!
S0meWhiteKid 5
We don't have tribunals for this. Often the military in the United States will try any way possible to **** you out of money. Kinda why I got out...
tazthespaz 0
My best friend's dad, also my dad's best friend, was disabled in the line of duty more than 20 years ago. They have fought tooth and nail and haven't seen a dime from the VA, even when it became so bad he couldn't work at all. The VA is a joke. They're more there to say that help is available than to actually help.
Tattooed_momster 14
It's a serious joke, we are trying to help get my grandfather his payments for agent orange and they say they've "lost him" and he's not the only person they've lost! It's ridiculous how do you lose someone who served on the front lines for 18 months? The VA is nothing but a joke and I have nothing nice to say about them
egeiro 11
FYI: contact with agent orange is not reason enough for benefits. There needs to be a condition that resulted from contact with agent orange to substantiate disability benefits. But you're right...VA drags its feet and fights tooth and nail regarding such things.
cootiequeen4444 11
Are you from the DC Area? There was a huge news story about a lot of peoples' cases getting "lost" and the VA office only came clean after quite a few years. Some of the veterans DIED before the VA got around to contacting them back (as such it was the widow/widower/child/etc who got the call or they just couldn't reach the person.. you know... them being dead and all... sometimes from medical conditions/etc that SHOULD have been covered by the VA... it's really really sad. Veterans typically either have to have a real supportive family whom can cover costs or get lucky with a charity to get the real help they need right when they need it. I mean... health care is a joke in the US for everyone but you'd think after all vetetans did for our country, our government would have their backs in their times of need... but NOPE. I guess it's not like we pump a lot of money into the defense department budget which /should/ include military benefits... oh wait. we do :|
tazthespaz 0
It's so horrible watching the people that laid their lives on the line go through this. They risked their lives and they were never the same, and the government they were fighting to protect throws them by the wayside. It makes me so angry.
Atmey 5
Not only US, we had an instructor that was extra salty (not many were close to nice anyways), turned out he wasn't being paid for 2 months.
blackrose1996 11
They are pulling that shit with a bunch of people and not just people on VA benefits go and appeal it
writergirl1029 17
That sounds like it could be a scam. Go to a VA office and show them the letter to check it out.
Gujuunit 3
It's not a scam. You can't double dip. you can earn VA benefits and drill pay. you have to waive one or the other.
SovietBeetle 0
Yes you can get both my mother and brother have done it
nemisis11 12
@23 no, no you can't. If you get VA benefits, it's for disability. If you get those benefits, how are you able to still do drill, etc? I have been told multiple times that I can't do reserve our anything else because of those "benefits"..
AlficiaEff 6
gofundme?
polsen4273 8
Ydu for not paying attention, or assuming you could get away with it
Lalala579121 28
Yeah, ydi for thinking you could get away with serving in the military. How dare you.
Martinez0285 28
That's the way Uncle Sam shows his love to us that have served hooah
quicksandy 11
By continuing to not use lube. Yes. I'm not sure everyone would agree that's a love you want lol
YveltalLugia 17
I'm not someone from the VA but that sure sounds like a scam. Make sure to check that out with the VA, OP.
urbanbigfoot 20
Regardless of the circumstances, I thank you for your service.