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B-178884 1 (1978-03-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtee0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ri~ i 245 COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATZ5. WASHINGTON, D.C. 20541 B-178884 March 8, 1978 The Honorable Thomas F. Railsback House of Representatives Dear Mr. Railsback: Reference is made to your communication dated January 4, 1978, forwarding for our consideration a letter addressed to you dated December 20, 1977, from Major Carl L. Matthews of the Rock Island Arsenal Military Retirees Council questioning the propriety of the method by which the United States Army Finance and Accounting Center computes Social Security offsets for the purpose of reducing annuity payments required by the Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP), Public Law 92-425 approved September 21, 1972, 86 Stat. 706, 10 U.S.C. 1447-14551(Supp. I, 197.2)., Major Matthews says that a situation which has come to the Military Retiree sCouncil's attention involves a retired Army member who elected SBP coverage for his spouse. It appears that in February 1975 the retired member died and the widow received the full SBP benefit until September 1977, when she reached age 62. At that time the Army Finance and Accounting Center computed and applied the Social Security offset, which was determined by use of the Primary Insurance Amount (PIA) chart furnished them by the Social Security Administration. That chart, however, apparently represented updated figures as of June 1977, including applicable cost-of-living (COL) increases since 1975. The Council questions the use of that PIA chart. It apparently is their view that the computation of offset should have been determined based on the PIA chart in effect at the date of the retiree~s death in 1975 and held in abeyance until the widow reached the age of 62 in 1977.. In addition Major*Matthews says that he has been informed that the Finance and Accounting Center will increase the widow's Social Security offset by any COL increases subsequent to the initial determination of offset.. He expresses the view that such a pro- cedure is unfair and unsupported by Public Law 92-425; and that such practice would produce a continuous erosion of SBP benefits, which it is believed was not intended by Congress. . . .. . .. . .. . rq Y

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