Benefits Administration Letters (BAL) provide guidance to agencies on various aspects of Federal benefits administration. The following list of BALs are specific to the processing of FERCCA cases. Click here to view additional BALs.

BAL Number	Date	Subject	Format
05-103	03/17/2005	Retirement Coverage Error Correction: Correction of Errors that Provide an Election		[217 KB]
		Attachment 1 - COMMON RETIREMENT PLANS AND CORRESPONDING CODE		[20 KB]
		Attachment 2 - EXAMPLES OF DISTRIBUTION OF EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS BETWEEN RETIREMENT AND SOCIAL SECURITY		[100 KB]
		Attachment 3 - MONIES PAID TO THE CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT & DISABILITY FUND		[87 KB]
		Attachment 4 - Examples of the amounts agencies must pay for TSP for employees who are erroneously in CSRS or CSRS Offset but belong in FERS and who elect FERS coverage.		[23 KB]
		Attachment 5 - SAMPLE LETTER NOTIFYING FORMER AGENCY OF SOCIAL SECURITY EARNINGS CORRECTION NEEDED		[12 KB]
		Attachment 6 - SAMPLE LETTER NOTIFYING EMPLOYEE OF TIME LIMIT WAIVER		[11 KB]
		Attachment 7 - SAMPLE LETTER DENYING WAIVER OF TIME LIMIT		[12 KB]
		Attachment 8 - ANNUAL ELECTIVE DEFERRAL LIMITS (1987 THROUGH 2005)		[14 KB]
05-102	02/28/2005	Revised Present Value FActors and Discount Factors
04-108	12/22/2004	Making FERCCA Eligibility Determinations		[112 KB]
		Attachment 1 - FERCCA Eligibility Determination Worksheet		[289 KB]
		Attachment 2 - Sample Letters		[41 KB]
		Attachment 3 - OOP Guidelines		[152 KB]
04-107	12/22/2004	Required Agency Actions for Retirement Coverage Error Corrections		[96 KB]
		Attachment 1		[16 KB]
04-106	12/22/2004	Federal Erroneous Retirement Coverage Corrections Act (FERCCA): Agency Administrative Issues - Frequently Asked Questions		[229 KB]
		Attachment 1		[12 KB]
		Attachment 2		[11 KB]
03-104	04/15/2003	Retirement Coverage Error Correction: Correction of Errors that do not Provide an Election		[172 KB]
		Attachment A - Common Retirement Plans & Corresponding Codes	[35 KB]	[59 KB]
		Attachment B - Examples of Distribution of Monies Between Retirement & Social Security	[423 KB]	[89 KB]
02-310	05/14/2002	FERCCA - Corrections of Erroneous FERS Coverage Lasting Less Than 3 Years		[161 KB]
		Attachment	[167 KB]
02-304	02/06/2002	CSRS Withholdings for CSRS-Offset Employees Who Are HB-PC Participants		[155 KB]
02-103	05/07/2002	Retirement Coverage Error Correction: Erroneous FERS Coverage in Effect for Less than 3 Years		[27 KB]
		Attachment 1 - Correcting Erroneous FERS Coverage	[103 KB]	[153 KB]
		Attachment 2 - Model Notice of Error Subject to Correction under FERCCA	[22 KB]	[8 KB]
		Attachment 3 - Model Notice of the Opportunity to Decline FERS Coverage	[33 KB]	[21 KB]
		Attachment 4 - Thrift Savings Plan Correction Instructions	[29 KB]	[29 KB]
		Attachment 5 - Employee Decision Guide - Should be CSRS instead of FERS	[292 KB]	[246 KB]
		Attachment 6 - Employee Decision Guide - Should be CSRS Offset instead of FERS	[299 KB]	[363 KB]
01-107	06/19/2001	Firefighter Pay Reform Act, PL 105-277, Attachment C - Correcting Retirement Records for Previous Employees
		Attachment		[11 KB]
00-114	12/13/2000	FERCCA Implementation		[22 KB]
		Attachment		[19 KB]
00-113	11/03/2000	Correcting Retirement Coverage Errors		[15 KB]
		Attachment		[11 KB]
00-111	09/29/2000	Status on Retirement Coverage Error Corrections Legislation		[11 KB]
		Attachment		[43 KB]
00-110	07/28/2000	Status on Retirement Coverage Error Corrections Legislation		[21 KB]
		Attachment		[13 KB]
00-108	06/02/2000	Change in Procedures for Retirement Coverage Errors Resulting from the Conner v. Office of Personnel Management Decision