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• The 30-day letter is sent each time the former recipient is certified for intercept and includes a repayment agreement which states the minimum amount acceptable. I • If a repayment agreement was previously signed and all payments have not been made, the former recipient does not have the option to sign another agreement. • ALL payments must be current from the previous agreement in order to prevent an offset of their tax return. It is therefore important that repayment agreements be noted in the claim comments so that refunds will not be erroneously released in the future. • If a repayment agreement has never been signed the former recipient may sign the repayment agreement and make the required minimum repayment amount to avoid the tax offset. • Former recipients must be informed that payments must be made every month by the due date to avoid tax offset and that they have only one opportunity to sign the repayment agreement. • Former recipients have the right to appeal the tax offset. (f27a) Appeals will not stop the offset, but if the decision is favorable to the former recipient, they will receive a refund from Financial Management after a hard copy of the decision is received, unless another category is delinquent and notice has been issued, i.e. SNAP tax offset appeal was found favorable to client, but there was a delinquent debt owed for Section 8 Housing, the offset would then be applied to it. 4650.00.00 TRANSMITTAL OF REPAYMENT

Payments must be mailed to:

FSSA Claim Repayment P.O. Box 621007 Indianapolis, IN 46262-1007

All checks or money orders should be made payable to “State of Indiana”. The person’s name, claim number, RID number or Social Security Number should be on the payment. The check and/or money order are receipts of payment.

Financial Management will post all payments. Payments will be refunded if no claim exists. 4655.00.00 ENDING COLLECTION ACTIVITY

Collection activity is terminated when certain events occur which make it virtually certain no further payments will be received. 4655.10.00 TERMINATING COLLECTION

Bankruptcy: • Office of Attorney General Attorneys shall act on behalf of, and as, USDA-FNS in any bankruptcy proceeding against bankrupt AGs owing SNAP claims. FSSA shall possess any rights, priorities, interests, liens, or privileges, and shall participate in any distribution of