Governments of all sizes and locations are owed money. In the U.S. federal government, citizens and businesses typically owe taxes, fines and fees. Consumers can also owe on federally-backed student loans, while businesses can owe on development loans. Several branches of the U.S. government have robust ARM operations, including the IRS and the Department of Education. On the state and local level, debts to the government can be too many to enumerate. From court fines and fees to sales tax to late parking tickets. An overwhelming majority of U.S. states, and thousands of municipal governments, have used private debt collectors to help recover their debts.
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Bush Quietly Reshaping the Fed
12 September 2006
Fed Vice Chairman: Americans Can Save and not Hurt Economy
12 September 2006
Last 3 Payday Lenders Agree to Depart North Carolina
12 September 2006
Treasury Union Members Rally Against Outsourcing IRS Collections Work
12 September 2006
U.S. Q4 '05 GDP Revised Up to 1.6%
12 September 2006
School Board Looking for a New Collection Agency
12 September 2006
Fed's Kohn: Congress should Review Industrial Banks
12 September 2006
Jobless Claims Rise 15,000 to 294,000
12 September 2006
Chile to begin Oversight of Non-bank Credit Cards
12 September 2006
US Treasury's Quarles-focusing on GSE Legislation
12 September 2006
Inflation Eats Up most Income Gains
12 September 2006
Fed Survey Says U.S. Family Debt Soared Between 2001 and 2004
12 September 2006
Home Sales Data Shows Housing Boom Slowing
12 September 2006
Educated US Workers Vital for Economy - Fed's Ferguson
12 September 2006
FDIC Cracks Down on Payday Lending
12 September 2006
U.S. Regulator Schedules Wal-Mart Bank Hearings
12 September 2006
Federal Court Ruling Deals Blow to Nonprofit Credit-counseling Agencies
12 September 2006
Irony: H&R Block Reports Tax Miscue, Restating Earnings
12 September 2006
Durable-Goods Orders Plunge 10.2%
12 September 2006
FTC Settles with CardSystems Over Data Breach
12 September 2006