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"The mission of the SRS Retiree Association is to maintain the pensions and benefits given at the time of retirement, and to support current and future missions of the Savannah River Site."

- Approved by the Board of Directors, March 3, 1998.

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      IMPORTANT NOTICE      

COME TO THE ANNUAL MEETING!!

Tuesday, APRIL 13, 2010, 1:30 PM

(Doors open at 12:00 NOON)

ST. ANGELA PARISH HALL

118 YORK ST. SE, Aiken, SC 29801

St. Angela Hall is adjacent to St. Mary Help of Christians School, and is located at the south end of the school building on the east side of York Street between Park and Richland Avenues. CLICK HERE FOR MAP OF HOW TO GET THERE

DOOR PRIZES!!!              DOOR PRIZES!!!

NOTE: At this Annual Meeting, Blue Cross/Blue Shield (BCBS) representatives will be available to discuss any billing or reimbursement problems you may have. Unfortunately, current BCBS policy prohibits their accessing your records via the Internet while at the Annual Meeting location.

Please bring copies of any paperwork related to these concerns to leave with the BCBS representatives in the event they are unable to completely resolve these problems for you while at the Annual Meeting.

With over 1000 members, the SRS Retiree Association is the largest retiree association in the State of South Carolina. NUMBERS DO COUNT! JOIN NOW, if you have not already done so.

Contact the Membership Committee Chair by telephone, (803) 279‑9570, E‑Mail, or click on the "Membership" link in the navigation strip on the left‑hand side of this page for an application form.

Retirees may have noticed a change in their Pension Checks due to the new withholding tables related to the economic stimulus law, "Making Work Pay Tax Credit". The People Support Service Representatives have provided the following information for retirees:

The IRS issued updated withholding tables to all employers the first of March. All employers are required to use these new tables as part of the new economic stimulus law. (You can download Pub 15-T here and we have highlighted the sentence on the cover page that dictates that these new tables are also to be used for pensioners.)

These tables were used to run the March Payroll, so the changes resulted in an increase in take-home pay.  For additional guidance for tax withholding, see the IRS Publication 919, "How Do I Adjust My Tax Withholding?", which contains a "Making Work Pay" worksheet.  This publication may be found on the www.IRS.gov site, or you can download it directly from here (your friendly SRSRA web site).

Note, however, that on May 1, 2009, the Aiken Standard published an Associated Press article, bylined by Stephen Ohlemacher, that is titled, "Rude Surprise Awaits Taxpayers." The gist of the article is that the decreased withholding that results from the use of these new tables could cause "an unwelcome tax bill next April." To download a copy of the Aiken Std./Assoc. Press article, click here (again, your friendly SRSRA web site).

Any retiree who would like to change their withholding for 2009 can also download a pdf version of the W4P form here (yes, your friendly SRSRA web site).  This form will need to be submitted to Gail Acree, 703-47A, by the 15th of the month for changes to be made to their pension check for that month and subsequent months.

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Browse through the entire website to become familiar with all it offers. If you think of information you need regularly and it is not here, please click here to send an email to the SRSRA webmaster and explain your needs.

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SRNS is the new M&O Contractor for SRS.  Click here to go to the web site of Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC.

SRNS announced on 4/25/08 that it had received from the U.S. Department of Energy a "Notice to Proceed" for the management and operation (M&O) contract for SRS, replacing WSRC.  

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[NOTE: Links on the Medicare page tell how to file a Medicare claim yourself (e.g., if your provider will not do so), and how to view your Medicare Summary Notices (MSNs) on the Internet.   Viewing MSNs on the Internet has become even more important because of recent changes in the way Medicare and BCBS send hard copies of the MSNs and EOBs, respectively, as explained on the Medical Benefits and Medicare pages.]