Military service members, military
retirees and annuitants, and federal civilian employees paid by the
Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) can expect to receive
their 2007 tax statements beginning in December 2007.
DFAS
customers with
myPay
(https://mypay.dfas.mil/mypay.aspx)access will be able to retrieve
their tax statements electronically up to two weeks sooner than
those relying on regular mail delivery.
Internal
Revenue Service (IRS) forms W-2s, 1099Rs and 1099-INTs, along with
retiree and annuitant annual account statements for DFAS customers
are projected to be distributed by the dates in the following
table:
|
Form/Document
|
Available on
myPay
|
Mailed via
the
U.S. Post Office
|
|
Retiree Annual Statement
(RAS)
|
Dec. 10,
2007
|
Dec. 16-31.
2007
|
|
Retiree
1099R
|
Dec. 18,
2007
|
Dec. 16-31,
2007
|
|
Annuitant Account Statement
(AAS)
|
Dec. 18,
2007
|
Dec. 19-31,
2007
|
|
Annuitant
1099R
|
Dec. 18,
2007
|
Dec. 19-31,
2007
|
|
VSI/SSB
W-2
|
Not
available
|
Jan. 4-6,
2008
|
|
Active Duty Air Force,
Army, Navy W-2
|
Jan. 22,
2008
|
Jan. 23-29,
2008
|
|
Reserve Air Force, Army,
Navy W-2
|
Jan. 2,
2008
|
Jan. 5-8,
2008
|
|
Marine Corps Active &
Reserve W-2
|
Jan. 7,
2008
|
Jan. 9-10,
2008
|
|
Civilian employee
W-2
|
Jan. 4,
2008
|
Jan. 11-18,
2008
|
|
Savings Deposit Program
1099INT
|
Jan. 18,
2008
|
Jan. 19-20,
2008
|
|
Vendor Pay
1099
|
Not
available
|
Jan. 27-31,
2008
|
|
MISC
W-2
|
Not
available
|
Jan. 19-30,
2008
|
|
Civilian PCS
W-2
|
Not
available
|
Jan. 19-30,
2008
|
|
NAF Vendor Pay
1099
|
Not
available
|
Jan. 17-24,
2008
|
|
NAF MISC
W-2
|
Not
available
|
Jan. 17-24,
2008
|
|
NAF Civilian Pay
W-2
|
Jan. 11,
2008
|
Jan. 14-18,
2008
|
According to
Lee Krushinski, acting DFAS Operations Director, tax statements
available through
myPay
are approved for
use by the IRS and have several added benefits for
myPay
users.
"As long as
a user has their log in information, they will never lose their tax
statements," Krushinski said. "The statements remain online to
allow customers to view and print whenever it is convenient for
them. Should they need copies later in the year, they are still
available."
Krushinski also pointed out the use of "restricted
access PINs" allows users to have other family members, tax
preparers or other trusted individuals view and print their tax
statements without the ability to change any pay account
information. This can be of particular interest to military members
deployed overseas, retirees, annuitants, or anyone who uses
commercial tax preparation services. The restricted access PIN can
be established after logging into a customer's
myPay
account.
myPay
is a secure Web-based pay
information system. One of the many benefits of this system is
avoiding risks associated with identity theft.
myPay
has a series of security measures
with layers of defense against identity theft. The secure
technology provided to
myPay
customers
meets or exceeds security requirements in private industry
worldwide.
Using
myPay
to access tax statements eliminates
the preparation and mailing costs incurred with the traditional
distribution methods. Combined with the earlier availability of
statements online, this makes
myPay
a
better option for many DFAS customers and the Department of
Defense.
If customers have forgotten their
personal identification number (PIN) or wish to open a
myPay
account can do so on the
myPay
Web site.
