---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 408.905"
title: "20"
number: "408.905"
heading: "Will we withhold or adjust an underpayment to reduce an overpayment if that overpayment occurred in a different period?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/408.905"
---

# §408.905. Will we withhold or adjust an underpayment to reduce an overpayment if that overpayment occurred in a different period?


We will withhold or adjust any underpayment due you to reduce any overpayment to you that we determine for a different period, unless we have waived recovery of the overpayment under the provisions of [§§ 408.910 through 408.914](/cfr/20/408.910..408.914.md).


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 702(a)(5), 808, and 1147 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 902(a)(5), 1008, and 1320b-17); 31 U.S.C. 3716; 31 U.S.C. 3720A.

### Source

Source: 69 FR 25955, May 10, 2004, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 68 FR 16418, Apr. 4, 2003, unless otherwise noted.