PPC Retiree & Annuitant Services Branch

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Retirement Processing

Please visit the Retirement Processing page for links to retirement calculators, forms, and other information you need to establish your retired pay account.

Making Changes to your Account and Accessing your Benefits and Privileges

Please visit the Directory Assistance page for information on:

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Information about your pay and benefits

Changes to Retiree ID Renewal Rules

Homeland Security Directive 12 now requires retirees and family members seeking to renew or replace a military identification card to provide two types of ID, one of which must include a photo. A list of acceptable documents can be found in PDF format on page No. 4 of Form I-9 (see the link below to access this form):

http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/I-9.pdf

Before visiting a military ID card issuing facility, you may want to call first to determine what specific documents may be required, and to verify the process to renew or replace an ID card. For contact information and the location of the nearest ID card issuing facility, visit the RAPIDS Site Locator website. On this website, you can search by city, state or ZIP code:

http://www.dmdc.osd.mil/rsl/owa/home

Moving? Don't forget to update your State Income Tax withholding

As a reminder when moving from one state to another and updating your home mailing address, don't forget to change your state tax withholdings. The retiree must request a change for state tax as an address change does not automatically change or stop the state information that the tax is being paid to.

Legislative changes for Concurrent Retirement and Disability Payments (CRDP) and Combat Related Special Compensation (CRSC)

Retiree Global Pay Implementation Update

Proof of Health Insurance for Massachusetts Residents

The state of Massachusetts is requiring all citizens to provide proof of medical insurance when filing their tax returns. The following website provides information on how these Massachusetts residents can go about requesting the Certificate of Creditable Coverage.

Income Tax and Retroactive Service - Connected Disability Rating by the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA)

One of the questions we frequently receive this time of year is:

"I received a retroactive disability rating from the VA and I believe my 1099r form should show less taxable income, can you send me a corrected 1099r?"

Your IRS 1099r form for last year is correct. It shows the income (a.k.a. Distributions) paid last year. There's a special procedure you'll need to follow to subtract the non-taxable portion of your retired pay from your total taxable income when you prepare your tax return. We've prepared this short article to help explain the policy...(read entire article)

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