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Office of

Personnel Management

The Federal Government’s Human Resources Agency

Retirement and Insurance Service

Payroll Office Letter

 

Number: P-00-05 Date : February 24, 2000

Subject: MARCH 2000 HEADCOUNT

This letter is the call for your semiannual Headcount for March 2000 reporting. The

Headcount is reported semiannually (in March and September) by all payroll offices that

withhold monies from salaries for participants in the Civil Service Retirement System, Federal

Employees Retirement System, Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, and/or the

Federal Employees Group Life Insurance Programs. The Headcount is a "snapshot" of

enrollment in these Programs as of a given point in time. The information you report to us

plays a pivotal role in our system of internal accounting control, the negotiation of Health

Benefits and Life Insurance premium rates, and in the determination of employer

contributions for employees covered by the Federal Employees Retirement System.

This Headcount will be submitted on the OPM Form 1523 (Supplemental Semiannual

Headcount Report); and reporting of enrollment by individual health benefits plan on the SF

2812-A. The March 2000 Headcount will be for the payroll paid during THE FIRST 15 DAYS of

March 2000. If you pay twice during the first 15 days of March, the Headcount will be for first

payroll paid during that period. For monthly pay cycles, the reporting period will be for

February 1, 2000 through February 29, 2000. 

It is important that we receive your Headcount as soon as possible, but no later than

March 20, 2000. Please, under no circumstances, delay submitting your normal RITS or

hard-copy SF 2812 because your Headcount Report is not ready to be submitted. 

We ask in the interest of time that you FAX your OPM Form 1523 and SF 2812-A to us. If you

are one of the few remaining payroll offices that still report withholdings and contributions

via the hard copy SF 2812, please fax a copy of your SF 2812 to us with your OPM Form 1523

and SF 2812A. Please use CLEAR originals to ensure that we receive legible copies. And our

fax numbers for headcount submission are 202-606-0701 and 202-606-0195.

For assistance, please refer to our Payroll Office Letters 95-4 and 99-21 for detail Headcount

reporting requirements and they are available through the OPM Web Site

(http://www.opm.gov/asd) or you may obtain a copy by calling the Financial Policy Staff on

202-606-0606.
 

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If you have any questions concerning the preparation of your Headcount report, please call us at

202-606-0606, or send an email to finance@opm.gov.

Robert A. Yuran, Chief

Financial Policy Staff

Retirement and Insurance Service

Attachments (2) 

1. Report of Withholdings and Contributions for Health Benefits By Enrollment Code (SF 2812-

A)

 2. Supplemental Semiannual Headcount Report (OPM Form 1523)