If you believe wage garnishment would cause "extreme financial hardship," you have the right to request a hearing. You must submit a written request within 30 days of receiving the garnishment notice.

Wage garnishment lets creditors take money from your paycheck or bank account to pay a debt, usually the result of a court judgment. Here’s how garnishment works.

Yes, tax relief can stop wage garnishment, but the IRS won't back off unless you take specific steps to resolve the debt or prove that garnishment is causing severe financial harm.

That's part of why the idea of tax relief sparks so much interest. But when you're facing something as aggressive as wage garnishment, you may wonder if tax relief can help get things back on track.

And while wage garnishment may seem like a penalty that's reserved for the most serious debt-related issues, it's a real threat for anyone who has fallen behind on their taxes.

This summer, millions of defaulted student-loan borrowers could face wage and federal benefits garnishment. They have options to avoid those consequences, but some routes can take longer than ...

Wage garnishment for student loans means an employer can be required to withhold up to 15% of person’s earnings in order to pay down that debt to the federal government. Pressley and Sens. Elizabeth ...

A CNBC story about the Trump administration’s move to garnish wages of defaulted student loan borrowers sparked many readers to write in. Here’s what we know.