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							                                                       State Employees’
                                                      Retirement System
                                                      of Illinois




                                              RETIREE &
                                              SURVIVOR
                                              BENEFITS

                                                &
                                             Your
                                           Rights   Responsibilities

                                           H A N D B O O K
 RETIREMENT




              Springfield, IL 62794-9255
              2101 S. Veterans Parkway
SYSTEMS
  STATE




              P O. Box 19255




                                                         January 1, 2008
               .
                                                                                           SERS MISSION STATEMENT
                                                                                     To provide an orderly means whereby aged or disabled
            TABLE OF CONTENTS                                                         employees may be retired from active service, without
                                                                                       prejudice or hardship, and to enable the employees
                                                                                         to accumulate reserves for themselves and their
1. General Information .........................................1                   dependents for old age, disability, death and termination
                                                                                     of employment, thus effecting economy and efficiency
Addresses & Phone Numbers ..................................... 2                         in the administration of the State Government.
Annuitant Workshop ................................................. 3




                                                                                         1.GENERAL
Group Insurance ......................................................... 4

2. Retiree Information ...........................................5


                                                                                   INFORMATION
Annuity Payments....................................................... 6
Reemployment ............................................................ 9

3. Survivor, Widow & Occ. Death Benefits .......... 11                             This handbook presents you with a general overview of
Annuity Payments......................................................12           SERS benefits for all retired state employees and their
                                                                                   survivors who receive benefits. SERS offers a variety of
Lump Sum Death Benefits.........................................15                 benefits to members and survivors. These benefits, when
                                                                                   combined with other income, are designed to provide
                                                                                   members with financial security in their retirement
4. Appendix ......................................................... 17
                                                                                   years.
Glossary..................................................................... 20       Read this booklet carefully and keep it for reference.
                                                                                   Make sure your loved one is also familiar with this hand-
Sample Annuity Payment Stub ................................. 23                   book and that he or she knows where your important
Sample Form W-4P ................................................... 24            papers are located.
                                                                                       This handbook is intended to serve as a supplement
Sample Form 1099-R ................................................. 25            to your annual Benefit Statement, which is mailed to you
Sample Direct Deposit Earnings Statement ............. 26                          in March. If you have questions about any of the infor-
                                                                                   mation in this handbook, call us at any of the phone
Map to SERS ...............................................................27      numbers listed on page 2.



                                                                                                                                                1
ADDRESSES &                                                              through our post-retirement workshops. Our
                                                                         website contains our annual financial report,
PHONE NUMBERS                                                            a summary of the Illinois State Board of In-
                                                                         vestment annual financial report, and a link
                                                                         to other state and federal agencies.

You may contact us    SPRINGFIELD                                        ANNUITANT NEWSLETTER
                      2101 S. Veterans Parkway, P. O. Box 19255          All retirees, survivors, widows,
Monday thru Friday                                                       and occupational death annuity
                      Springfield, IL 62794-9255
from 8 a.m. until     General: 217-785-7444                              recipients receive at least three
4:30 p.m. E-mail us   Fax: 217-785-7019                                  editions of the newsletter, The
with any questions    Deaths: 217-785-7366                               Informer, each year. This newsletter keeps you
and/or comments       Pensions: 217-785-7343                             informed of any issues or legislation affecting
                      Insurance: 217-785-7150                            you.                                             Your annual Benefit
at: ser@mail.state.
il.us.                                                                                                                    Statement is mailed
                      CHICAGO                                            ANNUITANT WORKSHOP
                                                                                                                          to you every March.
                      Michael A. Bilandic Building                       SERS offers the workshop, Myths & Realities
                                                                         of Retirement (MRR), to all State of Illinois    The statement in-
                      160 North LaSalle Street, Suite N725
                      Chicago, Illinois 60601                            retirees and their survivors. This free, one-day cludes information
                      312-814-5853                                       workshop covers a variety of important top-      on group insurance
                      Fax: 312-814-5805                                  ics: SERS entitlements, estate planning, group and your beneficia-
                                                                         insurance and financial planning. It also
                                                                                                                          ries. It also contains
                      TDD/TTY                                            discusses other topics pertaining to retirees.
                                                                         To enroll in this informative workshop call      an identification
                      A Telecommunications Device for the Deaf
                      (TDD) is available for members and annui-          217-785-6979.                                    card.
                      tants who are hearing or speech-impaired.
                      You may access this service at 217-785-7218.       ANNUITANT ADDRESS
                                                                         A permanent mailing address is maintained
                      INTERNET                                           for each annuitant of SERS. This is necessary
                      SERS is on the Internet at www.state.il.us/srs.    for the mailing of special notices, newsletters
                      Our goal is to educate you about the retire-       and Group Insurance Program information.
                      ment and death benefits provided by SERS.              It is important to maintain your perma-
                          The website provides an overview of ben-       nent mailing address and report any changes.
                      efits, and gives you easy access to a variety of   Annuitants can report a change of address by
                      information: current retirement issues, how        calling or writing the SERS Springfield or Chi-
                      to contact us, answers to frequently asked         cago offices. A change of address form may be
                      questions, and education opportunities             downloaded from our website at www.state.
                                                                         il.us/srs.

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GROUP INSURANCE

                        Retirees, survivors, widows, and occupational
                        death benefit recipients can participate in the
                        State Employees’ Group Insurance Program,
To protect your pri-    as described in the Department of Central
vacy, all information   Management Services (CMS) group insurance
contained in your       booklet. You may also cover eligible depen-
SERS record is con-     dents and have the premium deducted from
                        your monthly benefit check.
sidered confidential,        Several group health plans are available.




                                                                           2.RETIREE
and is provided only    Benefits may vary among plans, but all bene-
to you and to those     fits are coordinated with Medicare when appli-
you permit to have      cable. In addition to group health, dental and
access.                 vision insurance, term life insurance coverage
                        is also available to eligible members.
                             For more information, contact SERS’ Insur-
                        ance Section, refer to your State of Illinois
                        Member Handbook, or visit our website: www.
                                                                          INFORMATION
                        state.il.us/srs.

                        MEDICARE
                        Members age 65 or older who qualify for
                        Social Security benefits are also eligible for
                        Medicare. Medicare is made up of two parts:
                        Part A is free hospital insurance; Part B is
                        optional medical insurance which requires a
                        member-paid premium. In certain situations,
                        disabled members under age 65 may also
                        qualify for Medicare.
                            Illinois State Employees’ Group Health
                        Insurance Program benefits coordinate with
                        Medicare to provide overall comprehensive
                        coverage between the two plans. Contact the
                        Social Security Administration if you have
                        questions about Medicare.

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RETIREMENT ANNUITY                                                          DIRECT DEPOSIT
                                                                            (Electronic Funds Transfer)
(PENSION)                                                                   When you apply for a SERS benefit, you
                                                                            will receive a Depository Agreement form
                                                                            along with an explanation of this program.
                                                                            We encourage you to have your monthly
All SERS records are     FIRST RETIREMENT                                   retirement annuity directly deposited into
maintained by your       ANNUITY PAYMENT                                    your bank account. Complete and return
Social Security num-     SERS processes your first annuity payment          this form with your application for ben-
                         after we receive your pension application          efits. This form can also be downloaded
ber. In order to re-
                         and other required information. The normal         from our website (www.state.il.us/srs).
ceive any benefit,       processing time is 36 days from the date you           When you choose Direct Deposit, your
you must apply for       leave service.                                     first two payments are mailed to your
it. All benefit claims       The Comptroller’s office will mail the first   home. All future payments will be depos-
should be made to        annuity payment directly to your home. You         ited into your bank account on the 19th of
                         will also receive a Notice of Pension Approv-      each month. You will not receive a payment
the SERS Claims Divi-
                         al, which contains information about your          stub for each direct deposit payment. Instead,
sion. After you begin    retirement annuity; a tax brochure, which          the Comptroller’s office will periodically issue SERS is a defined
receiving benefits,      provides an overview of your annuity taxes;        an earnings statement with information about     benefit plan. Both
you should notify        and a payment stub with information about          your annuity payment. (See page 26 for a         you and the State
SERS if you change       your payments. (See page 23 for a sample of        sample earnings statement.)
                                                                                                                             make contribu-
                         this stub.)
your name or address.                                                                                                        tions to us during
                                                                            TAXATION OF YOUR
                         FUTURE RETIREMENT                                  RETIREMENT ANNUITY                               your employment to
                         ANNUITY PAYMENTS                                   Illinois law exempts all SERS benefits from      cover the cost of your
                         Future annuity payments are mailed on the          state income tax, but your benefits are subject retirement benefit.
                         19th of each month, unless the 19th is on a        to federal income tax. If your federal tax with-
                                                                                                                             Your benefits are
                         weekend or holiday, when they are mailed on        holding information is not on file with SERS,
                         the last working day before the 19th. If your      taxes are withheld using the rate for a married based on the laws
                         payment is mailed directly to your home, al-       person with three exemptions. (See the sample in effect on your last
                         low ten working days for delivery.                 W-4P form on page 24.)                           day of employment.
                             If you have not received your payment              Each year, the Comptroller’s office is re-
                         after the ten working days, call SERS. Fail-       quired to send you a 1099-R form showing the
                         ure to advise SERS of an address change may        total annuity amount you received during the
                         result in a delayed payment.                       past year, as well as any taxes withheld. (See
                                                                            the sample 1099-R on page 25.)




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                          TAXATION OF REFUND
                          ASSOCIATED WITH RETIREMENT                                           RETIREE REEMPLOYMENT
                      Widow/survivor contribution refunds and
                      alternative retirement formula contribution
                      refunds are also subject to federal income tax
                                                                             RETURNING TO EMPLOYMENT
                      withholding, but you can rollover your lump
                                                                             AFTER RETIRING
                      sum payment and defer tax on it until a later
                                                                             If you return to state employment on a con-
                      date. (Refer to the Tax brochure for more              tractual basis (the 2002–2003 ERI participants
If you receive a wid- information.)                                          may not work contractually), or for the
ow/survivor contribu-     If you elect to rollover all or part of your       private sector, your SERS benefit is not af-
tion refund because   widow/survivor refund, or alternative retire-          fected. However, if you return to state em-
you were not married ment formula refund, you will receive a                 ployment on a non-permanent or permanent
at retirement and you 1099-R form by January 31 of the following             basis after retirement, you should notify the
later remarry, you    year from the Comptroller’s office which will          SERS Claims Division immediately.
                      reflect the amount rolled-over.                            If you receive a pension from more than
can repay the refund
                                                                             one Illinois public retirement system which
plus interest after       INCREASES FOR RETIREES                             participates in the Retirement Systems’ Recip-
you have been mar-        SERS retirees receive a 3% increase to their       rocal Act, you must notify each retirement
ried one full year, to    pensions on January 1 following their first        system. Each reciprocal retirement system
qualify your spouse       full year of retirement, or age 60, whichever      has specific rules to determine if retirees are
                          is later. Future increases of 3% of your cur-      eligible to receive pension benefits during
for a survivor benefit.
                          rent pension will also be made each January        reemployment.
                          1 thereafter. Future increases are not limited
                          by the 75% maximum.                                NON-PERMANENT REEMPLOYMENT
                               If you retired using the Rule of 85, you      If your employment with the state will last for
                                                                             75 or less working days during a calendar year
                          are eligible for your first increase on January
                                                                             (any part of a day is counted as a full day),
                          1 following your first full year of retirement,
                                                                             you will continue to receive your pension pay-
                          even if you are not age 60. If you retired un-
                                                                             ment while employed. During your employ-
                          der the alternative formula, you will receive
                                                                             ment, you make no contributions to SERS, but
                          a 3% increase to your pension on January 1         you must contribute to Social Security.
                          following your first full year of retirement or        If you work more than 75 working days,
                          age 55, whichever is later. Future increases are   your pension benefit will end on the 76th day,
                          not limited by the 80% maximum.                    and you will resume contributing to SERS.




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     PERMANENT REEMPLOYMENT
     If you are reemployed by the state on a
     permanent basis, you won’t be eligible for
     pension benefits while working. You will
     make contributions to both SERS and Social
     Security during your employment and earn
     additional service credit.
         After you again retire from state employ-
     ment, you must reapply for a pension.Your
     new pension amount will be the benefit
                 earned before reemployment, plus


                                                           SURVIVOR,
                                                       3.
                 the pension amount earned during
                 your reemployment.
                      If you reenter state service


                                                           WIDOW, &
                 within three years after retiring,
                 you may qualify to have your
                 new retirement benefit computed


                                                       OCCUPATIONAL
                 as though you never retired. To
                 qualify, you must repay all of the
                 pension benefits you received, plus


                                                       DEATH BENEFITS
                 interest.
         The repayment may be made in a lump
     sum, by installments paid within five years
     after your reemployment, or before your next
     retirement date, whichever is first. If you
     choose not to complete installment payments
     before retirement or the end of the five-year           SERS must always be notified in
     period, your installment payments will be re-               the event of your death.
     funded and your pension will not be recom-
                                                             We can’t process any payments
     puted.
                                                          to your beneficiary until we receive a
                                                         certified copy of your death certificate.




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SURVIVOR, WIDOW,                                                           SOCIAL SECURITY OFFSET
                                                                           If an employee contributed to both SERS and
OCCUPATIONAL DEATH                                                         Social Security, an offset of 50% of the survi-
                                                                           vor’s Social Security benefit is usually applied
ANNUITY PAYMENTS                                                           to the SERS widow’s
                                                                           or survivor’s benefit      DIRECT DEPOSIT
                                                                           when the survivor          (Electronic Funds Transfer)
                                                                           reaches age 60.            When you apply for a SERS benefit, you will
In order to receive     FIRST SURVIVOR, WIDOW, OCCUPA-                         If the survivor is     receive a Depository Agreement form along
any benefit, you        TIONAL DEATH ANNUITY PAYMENT                       over age 60 when the       with an explanation of this program. We
                        SERS will process your first annuity payment       benefit begins, the        encourage you to have your monthly retire-
must apply for it.
                        after we receive your application and other        offset starts with the     ment annuity directly deposited in your bank
All benefit claims                                                         first payment. These
                        required information. The normal processing                                   account. Complete and return this form with
should be made to                                                          offsets do not reduce      your application for benefits.
                        time is 30 days.
the Claims Division.        The Comptroller’s office will mail the first
                                                                           the SERS widows or             When you choose direct deposit, your
After you begin re-                                                        survivors benefit by       first two payments are mailed to your home.
                        annuity payment directly to your home. You
                                                                           more than 50%.
ceiving benefits, you   will also receive a Notice of Benefit Approval,                               All future payments will be deposited into
should notify SERS      which contains information about your annu-                                   your bank account on the 19th of each
                                                                           MARRIAGE
if you change your      ity; a tax brochure, which provides an over-                                  month.
                                                                           If a child under age
                        view of your annuity taxes; and a payment                                         You will not receive a payment stub for
name or address.                                                           18, or age 22 if full-
                        stub with information about your payment.                                     each direct deposit payment. Instead, the
    All SERS records                                                       time student, marries,
are maintained
                        (See page 23 for a sample of this stub.)           their survivor, widow, Comptroller’s office will periodically issue an
                                                                           or occupational death earnings statement with information about
according to your       FUTURE SURVIVOR, WIDOW,                                                       your annuity payment. (See page 26 for a
                                                                           benefit will be termi-
Social Security         OCCUPATIONAL DEATH ANNUITY                         nated.                     sample earnings statement.)
number.                 PAYMENTS
                        Future annuity payments are mailed on the          TAXATION OF THE SURVIVOR, WIDOW,
                        19th of each month, unless the 19th is on a        OCCUPATIONAL DEATH ANNUITY
                        weekend or holiday, when they are mailed on        PAYMENTS
                        the last working day before the 19th. If your      All SERS benefits are exempt from state in-
                        payment is mailed directly to your home, al-       come tax under Illinois law. The occupational
                        low ten working days for delivery.                 death benefit annuity is not subject to federal
                            If you have not received your payment          tax, but the survivor and widow annuities are.
                        after ten working days, call SERS. Failure to          If your federal tax withholding informa-
                        advise SERS of an address change may result        tion is not on file with SERS, taxes are with-
                        in a delayed payment.

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     held using the rate for a married person with
     three exemptions. (See the sample W-4P on                                                  LUMP SUM
     page 24.)
         Each year, the Comptroller’s office is
                                                                                            DEATH BENEFITS
     required to send you a 1099-R form showing
     the total annuity amount you received for the
     past year, as well as any taxes withheld. Use
                                                         BEFORE RETIREMENT
     the 1099-R when preparing your income tax
     return. (See the sample 1099-R on page 25.)         WITH SURVIVOR ANNUITY
                                                         If an active employee dies and a monthly sur-
     INCREASES FOR SURVIVOR, WIDOW,                      vivor annuity is payable, the nominated ben-
                                                                                                            Refer to your annual
     OCCUPATIONAL DEATH BENEFIT                          eficiary on file with SERS receives a lump sum     Benefit Statement for
     RECIPIENTS                                          death benefit. The lump sum death benefit          specific information
     If you receive a monthly annuity from SERS          consists of the member’s retirement contribu-      about the amounts
     due to the death of an active, inactive, or         tions and interest.                                that will be paid to
     retired state employee, you will receive a 3%           The named beneficiary may choose to            your beneficiary/
         increase on January 1 following on full         rollover the payment and defer tax on it
                                                                                                            survivor after your
          year of payments. Future increases of 3%       until a later date. If all or part of a lump sum
          will be made each January 1 thereafter.                                                           death.
                                                         payment is rolled-over, you will receive a
                                                         1099-R form by January 31, which reflects the
     SURVIVOR EMPLOYMENT                                 amount rolled-over. (Refer to the Tax bro-
     The only employment restriction for individu-       chure for more information.)
     als receiving a survivor, widow, or occupa-             The Comptroller’s office is required to
     tional death benefit from SERS is for disabled,     send you an IRS form 1099-R by January 31
     unmarried children over age 18. This benefit        of the year following receipt of this payment.
     is payable if the disabled child is not gainfully   The 1099-R shows the taxable portion of the
     employed and earning more than $2490 per            lump sum benefit, the portion attributable to
     quarter.                                            capital gains and ordinary income, and any
                                                         tax withheld. (See the sample form 1099-R
                                                         on page 25.)

                                                         WITHOUT SURVIVOR ANNUITY
                                                         If an active employee dies without a payable
                                                         monthly survivor annuity, the nominated
                                                         beneficiary on file with SERS receives a lump


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                     sum death benefit. The payment consists of
                     all the member’s contributions plus interest,
                     and one month’s salary for each year of ser-
                     vice, up to a maximum of six months’ salary.
                          The named beneficiary may choose to
                     rollover the payment and defer tax on it until
                     a later date.
                          If all or part of a lump sum distribution is
                     rolled-over, you will receive a 1099-R form by
                              January 31 of the following year, which
                              reflects the amount rolled-over. Refer
                               to the Tax brochure for more informa-
                               tion.
                          The Comptroller’s office is required to
                        send you a 1099-R by January 31 of the year
                     following the receipt of this payment. The


                                                                          APPENDIX
                     1099-R shows the taxable portion of the lump




                                                                         4.
                     sum benefit received, the portion attributable
                     to capital gains and ordinary income, and any
                     taxes withheld. (See the sample form 1099-R
                     on page 25.)

                     AFTER RETIREMENT
                     If a retired SERS member dies with no payable
If a retired SERS    survivor annuity, the nominated beneficiary-
                     (ies) receive any contributions and interest
member dies with
                     remaining in the retiree’s account, or $500,
a payable survivor   whichever is greater.
annuity, then no         The Comptroller’s office is required to
lump sum death       send you a 1099-R by January 31 of the year
benefit is issued.   following the receipt of this payment. The
                     1099-R shows the taxable portion of the lump
                     sum benefit received, the portion attributable
                     to capital gains and ordinary income, and any
                     taxes withheld. Refer to the Tax brochure for
                     more information. (See the sample form
                     1099-R on page 25.)

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                        PLAN DOCUMENT                                      SERS FUNDING
                        This handbook attempts to describe SERS            Contributions are made by the State and its
                        benefits in nontechnical language. The of-         members. All contributions not required for
                        ficial document describing SERS benefits is        current operations are invested by the Illinois
                        the Illinois Compiled Statutes, 40 ILCS 5/14,      State Board of Investment for the exclusive
                        which legally governs the operation of the         benefit of our members and their beneficia-
                        plan. If there is any variance between this        ries.
The State Employees’    handbook and the plan document, the plan               To safeguard the proper operation and
Retirement System       document will rule.                                funding of this multi-billion dollar pen-
is a defined benefit                                                       sion fund, operations are monitored both
plan governed by        BOARD OF TRUSTEES                                  internally and externally. SERS’ financial and
                        The Board of Trustees is responsible for the       administrative activities are subject to an
Section 401(a) of                                                          annual audit by an independent accounting
                        operation of SERS. Some trustees serve on the
the Internal Revenue    Board because of their position in State gov-      firm under the direction of the state’s Auditor
Code. In a defined      ernment. Others are appointed by the Gover-        General.
benefit plan, the       nor because of their particular expertise. Still       Proper funding includes an actuarial
amount of your          others are elected by you, our members. They       review of the fund balances to ensure that
                        are as of January, 2008:                           funds will be available for current and future
retirement benefit is
                                                                           benefit payments.
based on your final     Gordon John Mazzotti, Chairman, appointed
average compen-         by the Governor.                                   EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION
sation and years of     John Frigo representing Ginger Ostro,              NUMBER
service credit.         Director, Office of Management & Budget.           The Employer Identification Number of
                                                                           SERS is 37-1026227.
                        Loren Iglarsh representing Daniel Hynes,
                        State Comptroller.                                 PLAN YEAR
                                                                           For record-keeping purposes, the plan year
                        Michele Cusumano, state employee appointed         is July 1 through June 30.
                        by the Governor.

                        Joyce King, elected annuitant.                     LEGAL PROCESS
                                                                           Legal process may be served on SERS’
                        Lori Gaston, elected state employee.               Executive Secretary.

                        ADMINISTRATION                                     EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS
                        SERS is administered by the board-appointed        Membership in SERS does not guarantee a
                        Executive Secretary.                               right or claim to any benefit not accrued
                                                                           under the terms of the plan document.


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GLOSSARY OF TERMS                                            Credited Service: The total service certified
                                                             to a member’s record.

                                                             Defined Benefit Plan: Provides a predeter-
                                                             mined benefit amount using a formula com-
         Automatic Increase in Retirement Annuity:           bining credited service and salary.
         A 3% increase of a member’s retirement an-
         nuity each January 1 following the first full       Direct Deposit: By choosing Direct Deposit,
         year of retirement, or age 60, whichever is         you benefit is electronically deposited into
         later. Under the Rule of 85, the increase is paid   your bank account.
         on January 1 following the first full year of
         retirement, regardless of age.                      Final Average Compensation (FAC):
             For alternative formula members, the 3% in-     For Retirement and Survivor Benefits – Final
         crease is paid on January 1 following the first     Average Compensation is the 48 highest con-
         full year of retirement or age 55, whichever is     secutive months of service within the last 120
         later.                                              months of service. For alternative formula
             For survivor, widow or occupational death       employees, FAC is the final rate of pay or final
         annuity, a 3% increase is paid on January 1         48 months, whichever is higher.
         following one full year of benefits.                    For Death and Disability Benefits – Final
                                                             Average Compensation is the rate of pay at the
         Beneficiary for Lump Sum Death Benefit:             date of death or disability, or the 48 highest
         The beneficiary chosen by the member to re-         consecutive months of service within the last
         ceive SERS benefits. A beneficiary form is kept     120 months, whichever is greater.
         on file with SERS.This should not be confused
         with the Group Life Insurance beneficiary, or       Level Income Option: An option for coor-
         the Deferred Compensation beneficiary.              dinated/covered members when their SERS
                                                             benefit is increased for the period before
         Benefit Statement: The annual benefit state-        receiving Social Security benefits. Their SERS
         ment is mailed in March to SERS annuitants.         benefit is reduced when Social Security ben-
         This statement summarizes your account,             efits begin. This option provides an income
         benefits and lists your beneficiaries.              leveling effect throughout an individual’s
                                                             retirement years.
         COLA (Cost-of-Living Adjustment): An auto-
         matic, annual 3% compounded increase to             Informer: The SERS newsletter for retirees
         certain benefits.                                   and survivors that contains timely and perti-
                                                             nent information. This newsletter is usually
                                                             mailed in January, March and September.




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     Nominated Beneficiary for a Lump Sum Death
     Benefit: The beneficiary chosen by the member to              SAMPLE ANNUITY PAY STUB
     receive SERS benefits. A beneficiary form is kept
     on file with SERS. This should not be confused
     with the Group Life Insurance beneficiary, or the
                                                           A. Indicates the month paid.            G. Health and life insurance pre-
     Deferred Compensation beneficiary.
                                                           B. The gross amount paid during         mium paid by the state.
                                                           the current year. Year-to-date (YTD)    H. Deductions from this payment
     Pension: Retirement annuity paid for a member’s       is from January 1 through December      are listed here. They include: state
     lifetime.                                             31.                                     health insurance premiums for
                                                           C. Year-to-date federal tax withheld.   dependent coverage; optional life
     Qualified Plan: A retirement plan qualified under
                                                           D. Year-to-date non-taxable portion     insurance premiums; spouse life &
     the Internal Revenue Code allowing SERS and its       of the annuity. If the cost of annu-    child life insurance premiums; dues
     members certain tax advantages.                       ity has been recovered, this section    for ISEA, RSEA, RSPA, or AFSCME;
                                                           blank.                                  other insurance carrier premiums;
     Retirement Annuity (Pension): Monthly annuity
                                                           E. Year-to-date state tax withheld.     and credit union deductions.
     paid for life.
                                                           SERS benefits are not subject to Il-    I. Non-taxable portion of this pay-
                                                           linois income taxes, but annuitants
     Retirement Systems’ Reciprocal Act: Provides                                                  ment. This is blank if the cost of
                                                           can request state tax withholding.
     continuity of pension credits for individuals who                                             annuity has been recovered.
                                                           F. The gross amount of this annuity
     have participated in more than one Illinois public                                            J. The net amount of this payment.
                                                           payment.
     employee retirement system. There are currently
     thirteen retirement systems participating in the
     Retirement Systems’ Reciprocal Act. They are listed
     on the back of your Benefit Statement.                                                          12 - 31 - 07   A
     Rollover: Postponing taxation of distributions by                                                     B
     “rolling-over” the taxable portion of the payment                                                     C
     to another qualified plan, or to an Individual Re-                                                    D
                                                                                                           E
     tirement Account (IRA).

     Survivor Annuity Beneficiary: A beneficiary
     (spouse, child, dependent parent) designated by
     statute to receive a monthly annuity upon the                                                                          F
     death of the member.                                   G
                                                                   H
     Widow/Survivor Refund: If a member has no eli-
     gible survivor beneficiary, a refund of the widow/
     survivor contribution is made at retirement.

                                                                                                                    I
                                                                                                                        J
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SAMPLE FORM W -4P                                                                                   SAMPLE FORM 1099-R

A. Exemption from withhold-           C. Additional amount, if any,        A. Gross amount received.
ing. Check this box if you do not     you want deducted from each          B. Member’s taxable portion.
want any tax withheld from your       payment. If you are not having
payment. You do not have to give      enough tax withheld, you may ask     C. Amount qualified for capital gain treatment.
a reason for this.                    the payer to withhold more tax by       This only pertains to a lump sum death
                                      entering an additional amount on        benefit.
B. Withholding based on speci-        line 3.                              D. Federal tax withheld at recipient’s request
fied withholding allowances.              You may need to have addi-          or as required by law.
For periodic payments, withhold-      tional tax withheld if you have
                                                                           E. Non-taxable portion of gross distribution.
ing is automatically based on a       other income such as interest,
rate for a married person claim-      dividends, capital gains, rents,     F. Distribution Code listed on the 1099-R
ing three allowances. If you want     alimony, taxable Social Security        instruction sheet sent with this form.
withholding to be based on a          benefits, etc.                       G. Percentage of the total distribution received.
specified number of allowances,           Estimate the amount you want
                                                                           H. Retiree’s total cost of annuity. (This will
write the number on this line and     withheld. Divide that amount by
                                                                              appear on the first 1099-R only.)
check the appropriate filing status   the number of payments you will
box.                                  receive this year. Enter the addi-   I. State tax withheld at recipient’s request.
                                      tional amount you want withheld
                                      from each payment on line 3 of
                                      Form W-4P.                                                                      A
                                                                                                                                2007
                                                                                                                      B


                                                                                                                      C           D

                                                                                                                      E
                                                                                                                      F
                                                                   A                                                        G     H
                                                                   B                                                  I

                                                                  C




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SAMPLE DIRECT
DEPOSIT EARNINGS
STATEMENT

A. Month of payment.
B. Gross amount received.
C. Monthly deductions and State-paid insurance.
D. Net amount received.




              A
        B                       C                 D




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