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Raising Pension Supplement and Seniors Supplement Payment (SSP) debts 107-04020210



For Debt Staff only.

This page contains information on the circumstances where it is appropriate to raise and recover debts for overpayments of Pension Supplement.

Raising Pension Supplement and Seniors Supplement Payment debts

Step

Action

1

Identify the debt + Read more ...

For:

2

Raise a Pension Supplement debt + Read more ...

Normal debt processing applies, with the following exception:

  • Debt Benefit Code is [PLS]

On the Add Debt (OPAD) screen, the:

  • Reason field will default to 'Not entitled to Pension Supplement'
  • Section of Act field will:
    • default with section 1223(1) of the Social Security Act 1991, and
    • remain unprotected to allow changes to the default section of the Act reference

Go to Step 4.

3

Raise an Energy Supplement (ES) debt + Read more ...

After the debt has been calculated, raise the ES debt manually. See the Resources page for details on calculating an ES debt and Create a new debt record manually on the Debt Management and Information System (DMIS).

As ES is the only component of a SSP, the Debt Benefit Code is [SSP].

On the Add Debt (OPAD) screen, the:

  • Reason field will default to 'Not entitled to Seniors Supplement Payment'
  • Section of Act field will:
    • default with section 1223(1) of the Social Security Act 1991, and
    • remain unprotected to allow changes to the default section of the Act reference

Go to Step 5.

4

Pension Supplement - Account Payable (OPAOD) screen + Read more ...

The OPAOD screen will be unprotected as per normal new debt processing.

The text on OPAOD will default to:

  • 'You were not entitled to receive Pension Supplement'

5

Seniors Supplement Payment - Account Payable (OPAOD) screen + Read more ...

The OPAOD screen will be unprotected as per normal debt processing.

The text on OPAOD will default to:

  • 'You were not entitled to receive Seniors Supplement Payment'