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B-135519, MAY 14, 1958

B-135519 May 14, 1958
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MARKS: REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF APRIL 29. ARE BEYOND YOUR ABILITY TO PAY. YOU NOW STATE THAT UNDER YOUR PRESENT FINANCIAL CONDITION YOU ARE ABLE TO PAY THE SUM OF $10 PER MONTH ON ACCOUNT OF THE INDEBTEDNESS. YOU WILL DO SO. THE LAST OF THE OVERPAYMENTS IN THIS CASE WAS MADE NEARLY THIRTEEN YEARS AGO AND IF INTEREST WERE CLAIMED ON THE AMOUNT DUE IT APPEARS YOU PRESENTLY WOULD BE INDEBTED TO THE UNITED STATES FOR APPROXIMATELY $2. IF YOU WERE PERMITTED TO LIQUIDATE YOUR INDEBTEDNESS OF $1. 620 ON THE BASIS OF THE SUGGESTED MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF $10 IT WILL BE SEEN THAT AN ADDITIONAL THIRTEEN AND ONE-HALF YEARS WOULD BE REQUIRED TO COMPLETELY REFUND THE AMOUNT DUE.

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B-135519, MAY 14, 1958

TO MR. EDWARD M. MARKS:

REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF APRIL 29, 1958, RELATING TO YOUR INDEBTEDNESS TO THE UNITED STATES IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,620, ARISING OUT OF THE NONDEDUCTION FROM YOUR PAY OF A CLASS E ALLOTMENT PAID TO YOUR WIFE AT THE RATE OF $45 PER MONTH DURING THE PERIOD JULY 1, 1942, THROUGH JUNE 30, 1945.

IN OUR LETTER OF MARCH 25, 1958, WE STATED THAT, IN VIEW OF YOUR REPORTED INCOME OF $8,320 DURING THE YEAR 1957, IT DID NOT APPEAR THAT PAYMENTS OF $20 PER MONTH, INDICATED IN OUR CLAIMS DIVISION LETTER OF FEBRUARY 18, 1958, AS BEING ACCEPTABLE, ARE BEYOND YOUR ABILITY TO PAY. YOU NOW STATE THAT UNDER YOUR PRESENT FINANCIAL CONDITION YOU ARE ABLE TO PAY THE SUM OF $10 PER MONTH ON ACCOUNT OF THE INDEBTEDNESS, AND THAT IF IN THE FUTURE YOU FIND IT POSSIBLE TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF THE MONTHLY PAYMENTS, YOU WILL DO SO.

THE LAST OF THE OVERPAYMENTS IN THIS CASE WAS MADE NEARLY THIRTEEN YEARS AGO AND IF INTEREST WERE CLAIMED ON THE AMOUNT DUE IT APPEARS YOU PRESENTLY WOULD BE INDEBTED TO THE UNITED STATES FOR APPROXIMATELY $2,900. IF YOU WERE PERMITTED TO LIQUIDATE YOUR INDEBTEDNESS OF $1,620 ON THE BASIS OF THE SUGGESTED MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF $10 IT WILL BE SEEN THAT AN ADDITIONAL THIRTEEN AND ONE-HALF YEARS WOULD BE REQUIRED TO COMPLETELY REFUND THE AMOUNT DUE, AND THAT CONSIDERABLE BOOKKEEPING, ETC., WOULD BE INVOLVED. UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, AND TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION YOU PRESENT APPARENT ABILITY TO PAY, IT DOES NOT SEEM UNREASONABLE TO REQUIRE MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF AT LEAST $20 PER MONTH. YOUR CHECKS OR MONEY ORDERS SHOULD BE MADE PAYABLE TO THE "U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE" AND MAILED DIRECT TO GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE, POST OFFICE BOX 2610, WASHINGTON 13, D.C. ..END :

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