The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2017, in Section 641, signed by President Obama on December 23, 2016, amended the definition of disposable pay in the Uniformed Services Former Spousesâ Protection Act (USFSPA), 10 U.S.C. Â§ 1408-- In the case of a division of military retired pay as property (that becomes final prior to the date of a ...
2 Dispute a credit report error. If your credit report contains errors, you have the right to have them removed by writing to the credit bureau or the creditor who listed the account on your credit report. Errors can hurt your credit score more than you think.
While there are a few things you can do to raise your credit scores in the short-term, there are factors of your credit that, well, just take time. Case in point: Your length of credit history. Length of credit history, or the age of your credit reports, is essentially how long youâve had your credit lines. It accounts for about 15% of your credit scores and, if youâre new to the credit world, thereâs little you can do to bolster your performance in this category, other than, of course, to wait.