You may, at any time during the AWG process, ask Social Security to review whether the amount being deducted from your pay should be reduced based on a material change in your situation, which results in a financial hardship.  However the amount being deducted per pay date cannot be reduced below $10.00.  In addition, Social Security will not reduce the AWG amount if the overpayment resulted from fraud, an intentional false statement or willful concealment of, or failure to furnish, material information.