Form BA-6
Form BA-6, Certificate of Service Months and Compensation, is issued annually.
This form is the employee's record of creditable service and compensation
reported by all covered employers.
Form BA-6 included the following information:
- The deemed service months which may be credited to an employee, as
described in here;
- Reported separation allowance/severance pay;
- The Tier II contribution amount;
- The procedures for protesting the information on the certificate; and
- Information about visiting a field office of the Railroad Retirement Board
(RRB).
It does not, however, include creditable
military service.
Who receives Form BA-6
Forms BA-6 are prepared for all employees who received creditable compensation
in the preceding calendar year, when such compensation was timely and correctly
reported to the RRB. This includes any adjustments to regular compensation, sick
pay or separation allowances that are received before the established cutoff
date for updating employee records.
Only the first five letters of the employee's last name will appear on a
certificate where the RRB has not yet verified the employee's social security
number and name with the Social Security Administration. This usually occurs
when the certificate year is the first year in which the employee worked in the
railroad industry.
Non-receipt of Form BA-6
Employers should advise an employee who does not receive a Form BA-6 after a
reasonable time that they may obtain a certificate can from their local field
office of the RRB, or by writing to:
Compensation and Employer Services
Railroad Retirement Board
844 North Rush Street
Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092
Employees who do not know the telephone number for their local office
may call the RRB toll-free help line at 1-877-772-5772 or look
here.
Form BA-6 Cannot Be Mailed to an Employee if the:
- Employer's annual service and compensation report was received too late;
- Employer's report contained an omission or error that prevented the
employee's service and compensation from being processed; or
- RRB has no address for the employee.
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