Income-Contingent Repayment Plan (ICR)

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The Income-Contingent Repayment Plan (ICR) is a federal student loan repayment option that bases monthly payments on a borrower’s income, family size, and loan balance, potentially extending the repayment term and offering forgiveness of any remaining balance after a set period.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf federal student loan repayment plan ⓘ
income-driven repayment plan ⓘ
administeredBy U.S. Department of Education ⓘ
appliesTo Direct Consolidation Loans ⓘ
Direct Loans ⓘ
federal student loan borrowers ⓘ
availableFor Parent PLUS Loans consolidated into a Direct Consolidation Loan ⓘ
basedOn borrower income ⓘ
family size ⓘ
loan balance ⓘ
benefitFor borrowers with lower incomes relative to debt ⓘ
canBeSelectedThrough Federal Student Aid website ⓘ
linked to: Federal Student Aid

loan servicer ⓘ
category education finance policy ⓘ
student financial aid ⓘ
comparedWith Income-Based Repayment (IBR) ⓘ
Pay As You Earn (PAYE) ⓘ
linked to: Pay As You Earn

Revised Pay As You Earn (REPAYE) ⓘ
Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) Plan ⓘ
consequenceOfNonRecertification payment may revert to amount required to pay off loan in remaining term ⓘ
unpaid interest may be capitalized subject to limits ⓘ
discretionaryIncomeDefinition AGI minus 100 percent of the federal poverty guideline for family size and state ⓘ
documentationForm income-driven repayment application ⓘ
eligibilityRequirement borrower must certify family size ⓘ
borrower must have eligible Direct Loans ⓘ
borrower must provide income documentation ⓘ
feature annual payment recalculation ⓘ
extended repayment term ⓘ
loan forgiveness after qualifying period ⓘ
variable monthly payment amount ⓘ
forgivenessPeriod 25 years of qualifying repayment ⓘ
forgivenessTaxTreatment forgiven balance may be treated as taxable income under some federal tax rules ⓘ
goal make federal student loan payments more affordable ⓘ
provide a path to loan forgiveness after extended repayment ⓘ
interestCapitalizationLimit capitalized interest limited to 10 percent of original principal on most Direct Loans ⓘ
interestTreatment unpaid interest may accrue when payment is less than interest ⓘ
introducedBy U.S. federal government ⓘ
jurisdiction United States ⓘ
notDirectlyAvailableFor unconsolidated Parent PLUS Loans ⓘ
paymentAmount lesser of 20 percent of discretionary income or 12-year adjusted amount ⓘ
paymentFormula 20 percent of discretionary income ⓘ
amount borrower would pay on a 12-year fixed plan adjusted for income ⓘ
paymentFrequency monthly ⓘ
potentialDrawback repayment period may be longer than standard plan ⓘ
total interest paid may be higher over time ⓘ
relationshipTo Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) qualifying repayment plan ⓘ
requires annual family size recertification ⓘ
annual income recertification ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Direct Consolidation Loan → repaymentPlanEligibility → Income-Contingent Repayment Plan (ICR) ⓘ
Graduated Repayment Plan → comparedWith → Income-Based Repayment ⓘ
linked to: Income-Contingent Repayment Plan (ICR)
Graduate PLUS Loan → repaymentPlanEligibility → Income-Contingent Repayment Plan ⓘ
linked to: Income-Contingent Repayment Plan (ICR)
Pay As You Earn → relatedTo → Income-Contingent Repayment ⓘ
linked to: Income-Contingent Repayment Plan (ICR)
Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) Plan → relatedTo → Income-Contingent Repayment (ICR) Plan ⓘ
linked to: Income-Contingent Repayment Plan (ICR)