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Deductions and Collections come in two forms: Mandatory and Voluntary. Mandatory collections can be a result of money being collected from your pay due to you being in debt to the U.S. Government (for example; Non-judicial punishment).  Voluntary deductions are collections voluntarily being collected from your pay (for example; Allotments or Advance of Pay).  
   
Here are just a few examples of Deductions that may be deducted from your pay...
 
 

Deductions

Collections

  • Armed Forces Retirement Home (AFRH)
  • Non-Judicial Punishment
  • Family Subsistence's Supplemental Allowance
  • Debt due the U.S. Government
  • Service member's Group Life Insurance (SGLI)
  • Bankruptcy
  • Family Service member's Group Life Insurance (FSGLI)
 
  • Combat Zone Tax Exclusion (CZTE)
 

Interest Rates:         

Change in Interest Rate for Debt Collections: The current interest rate for debt collections when a service member request debt proration is 5.25% (.0525). This rate is effective January 1, 2007 through June 30, 2007 .   

The previous rate for the period July 1, 2006 through December 31, 2006, was 5.75 % (.0575).  The rates for the last two calendar years:

Period

Rate

Federal Register

Jan-07 - Jun-07 5.250 Volume 71, Number 250, 12/29/06 page 78513 - 78514
Jul-06 - Dec-06 5.750 Volume 71, Number 126, 06/30/06 page 37638 - 37639
Jan-06 -Jun-06 5.125 Volume 70, Number 247, 12/27/05 page 76497
Jul-05 - Dec-05 4.500 Volume 70, Number 126, 07/01/05 page 38253
Jan-05 - Jun-05 4.250 Volume 69, Number 250, 12/30/04 page 78522 - 78523
       

For additional information, please see your servicing Finance Office.