---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 C.F.R. § 512.25"
title: "22"
number: "512.25"
heading: "Refunds."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/512.25"
---

# §512.25. Refunds.

- (a) Refunds shall be promptly made when:
  - (1) A debt is waived or otherwise found not to be owed to the United States; or
  - (2) The employee's paying agency is directed by an administrative or judicial order to refund amounts deducted from his or her current pay.
- (b) **Refunds do not bear interest unless required or permitted by law or contract.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3701; 31 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.; 5 U.S.C. 5514; 4 CFR Parts 101-105; 5 CFR Part 550.

### Source

Source: 52 FR 43897, Nov. 17, 1987, unless otherwise noted.