The Long Blue Line (Summer 2020)

ADDITIONAL ITEMS
CG PAY & PERSONNEL CENTER, RETIREE &
ANNUITANT SERVICES (PPC-RAS)
www.dcms.uscg.mil/ppc/ras
Concurrent Retirement and Disability
Pay (CRDP) Audit Error Worksheet
(AEW) Processing
AEW SITREP Two: CG PPC has received all of the approved surge team. Two months of training
for the full team has been completed and all are engaged in full time production. CG PPC is on
track to eliminate the backlog of AEW cases by December 2020.
In mid-April, we implemented a new organic IT database to automate certain aspects of the data and
specifically to allow us to identify which AEWs would result in retroactive payments by USCG and/
or the VA. Prior to this PPC had to review each case even those that would not result in payments
to the Retirees.
CG PPC will report the actual number of AEW cases being processed, according to the number
of months the cases have been at PPC (< 3 mos, 3-6 mos, 6-9 mos, 9-12 mos, 12+ mos), in the
FALL (OCT) 2020 Long Blue Line.
Federal Income Tax Withholding
U.S. COAST GUARD RETIREE INFORMATION
Recent updates in the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Code have made changes to the way Federal
income tax withholding (FITW) is calculated and a new 2020 W4 form. There may be an impact
to the amount withheld on a monthly basis for your 2020 tax liability. Please review your pay slip
to determine if the FITW amount that is being withheld is the appropriate amount. We suggest you
contact a tax consultant or the IRS if you need assistance to make that determination.
Should you desire to send a new 2020 W4 form to PPC/RAS, please feel free to scan and e-mail it
to PPC-DG-CustomerCare@uscg.mil or you may mail it to the following address:
USCG (RAS)
PAY & PERSONNEL CENTER
444 SE QUINCY ST
TOPEKA KS 66603-3591
Please contact PPC Customer Care at 1 (866) 772-8724 if you have any questions.
Retiree Self-Service – Email Address:
Retiree Self-Service
Did you know that you can update your own direct deposit
banking information in Direct Access? Make sure you
don’t miss a payment when you need to change your
bank account information. Here is one of our many retiree
self-service guides that provides step-by-step instructions
on how to update your direct deposit banking information
in Direct Access. www.dcms.uscg.mil/Portals/10/CG-1/
PPC/ras/gp/ChangeDirectDeposit.pdf
60 SUMMER 2020
THE LONG BLUE LINE