Waivers & Remissions Finance Official

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Requesting a waiver or remission
A waiver is an act of the government to intentionally relinquish its claim against an individual for a debt resulting from erroneous payments of wages or allowances. If you did not know you had a debt, you can apply for a waiver.

A remission is for active duty military members or former military members who have incurred an active duty debt. The laws governing remissions consider hardship, value of the service of a member, compassion, justice and good faith.

You can request a waiver or remission by completing the DD Form 2789 Waiver/Remission of Indebtedness Application.

DFAS does not process remissions for Army and Air Force.

How to send in an application

• You should send any documents you have pertaining to the debt such as:
• Forms which authorized the payments which caused the debt
• Leave and earnings statements (LESs)
• Enlistment/bonus contracts
• Memo’s
• E-mail traffic

If there has been a formal investigation which concludes the debt was the result of fraud you must include a fraud statement.

Send the completed application to:

 

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