INSTRUCTIONS for 1199A Form

Section 1 (To be completed by Payee)

A. Type or print your name, address and telephone number.

B. Type or print your name.

C. Type or print your 9-digit social security number. 

D. Check the type of account you want your funds deposited into.

E. Type or print the account number you want your funds deposited into

F. (Completed by Agency)

G. Leave Blank

 Sign and date the form. 

 Section 2 (Completed by Agency)

 Section 3 (To be completed by your financial institution) 
 

 

 

 

Standard Form 1199A (EG) OMB No. 1510-0007 (Rev. August 2012)
	

Prescribed by Treasury
	

Department DIRECT DEPOSIT SIGN-UP FORM
 

Treasury Dept. Cir. 1076 

DIRECTIONS 

To sign up for Direct Deposit, the payee is to read the back of this form The claim number and type of payment are printed on Government 

and fill in the information requested in Sections 1 and 2. Then take or checks. (See the sample check on the back of this form.) This 

mail this form to the financial institution. The financial institution will information is also stated on beneficiary/annuitant award letters and 

verify the information in Sections 1 and 2, and will complete Section 3. other documents from the Government agency. 

The completed form will be returned to the Government agency 

identified below. Payees must keep the Government agency informed of any address 

changes in order to receive important information about benefits and to 

A separate form must be completed for each type of payment to be remain qualified for payments.
	

sent by Direct Deposit.
	

SECTION 1 (TO BE COMPLETED BY PAYEE) 

A NAME OF PAYEE (last, first, middle initial) 

ADDRESS (street, route, P.O. Box, APO/FPO) 

CITY STATE ZIP CODE 

TELEPHONE NUMBER 

AREA CODE 

B NAME OF PERSON(S) ENTITLED TO PAYMENT 

C CLAIM OR PAYROLL ID NUMBER 

Prefix Suffix 

D TYPE OF DEPOSITOR ACCOUNT CHECKING SAVINGS 

E DEPOSITOR ACCOUNT NUMBER 

F TYPE OF PAYMENT (Check only one) 

Social Security 

Supplemental Security Income 

Railroad Retirement 

Civil Service Retirement (OPM) 

VA Compensation or Pension 

Fed. Salary/Mil. Civilian Pay 

Mil. Active 

Mil. Retire. 

Mil. Survivor 

Other 

(specify) 

G THIS BOX FOR ALLOTMENT OF PAYMENT ONLY (if applicable) 

TYPE AMOUNT 

PAYEE/JOINT PAYEE CERTIFICATION 

I certify that I am entitled to the payment identified above, and that I have 

read and understood the back of this form. In signing this form, I 

authorize my payment to be sent to the financial institution named below 

to be deposited to the designated account. 

JOINT ACCOUNT HOLDERS’ CERTIFICATION (optional) 

I certify that I have read and understood the back of this form, 

including the SPECIAL NOTICE TO JOINT ACCOUNT HOLDERS. 

SIGNATURE DATE 

SIGNATURE DATE 

SIGNATURE DATE 

SIGNATURE DATE 

SECTION 2 (TO BE COMPLETED BY PAYEE OR FINANCIAL INSTITUTION) 

GOVERNMENT AGENCY NAME GOVERNMENT AGENCY ADDRESS 

SECTION 3 (TO BE COMPLETED BY FINANCIAL INSTITUTION) 

NAME AND ADDRESS OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTION ROUTING NUMBER CHECK 

DIGIT 

DEPOSITOR ACCOUNT TITLE 

FINANCIAL INSTITUTION CERTIFICATION 

I confirm the identity of the above-named payee(s) and the account number and title. As representative of the above-named financial institution, I 

certify that the financial institution agrees to receive and deposit the payment identified above in accordance with 31 CFR Parts 240, 209, and 

210. 

PRINT OR TYPE REPRESENTATIVE’S NAME SIGNATURE OF REPRESENTATIVE TELEPHONE NUMBER DATE 

Financial institutions should refer to the GREEN BOOK for further instructions. 

THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION SHOULD MAIL THE COMPLETED FORM TO THE GOVERNMENT AGENCY IDENTIFIED ABOVE. 

NSN 7540-01-058-0224 GOVERNMENT AGENCY COPY 

Designed using Perform Pro, WHS/DIOR, Mar 97 

1199-207 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SF 1199A (Back) 

BURDEN ESTIMATE STATEMENT 

The estimated average burden associated with this collection of information is 10 minutes per respondent or recordkeeper, depending on 

individual circumstances. Comments concerning the accuracy of this burden estimate and suggestions for reducing this burden should be 

directed to the Financial Management Service, Records Management Branch, Room 135, 3700 East-West Highway, Hyattsville, MD 20782. 

THIS ADDRESS SHOULD ONLY BE USED FOR COMMENTS AND/OR SUGGESTIONS CONCERNING THE AMOUNT OF TIME SPENT TO 

COLLECT THIS DATA. DO NOT SEND THE COMPLETED PAPERWORK TO THE ADDRESS ABOVE FOR PROCESSING. 

PRIVACY ACT NOTICE 

Collection of the information in this Direct Deposit Sign-Up form is authorized by 5 U.S.C. § 552a, 31 U.S.C. § 3332(g), and Executive Order 9397 

(November 22, 1943). Your social security number and the other information requested will allow the federal government to process your direct 

deposit. Your social security number is requested to ensure the accurate identification and retention of records pertaining to you and to distinguish you 

from other recipients of federal payments. This information will be disclosed to the Department of the Treasury and its fiscal and financial agents, and 

other federal agencies, as necessary to process your direct deposit. This information may also be disclosed to a court, congressional committee or 

another government agency as authorized or required to verify your receipt of federal payments. Although providing the requested information is 

voluntary, your direct deposit cannot be processed without it. 

PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY 

All information on this form, including the individual claim number, is required under 31 USC 3322, 31 CFR 209 and/or 210. The information is 

confidential and is needed to prove entitlement to payments. The information will be used to process payment data from the Federal agency to 

the financial institution and/or its agent. Failure to provide the requested information may affect the processing of this form and may delay or 

prevent the receipt of payments through the Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer Program. 

INFORMATION FOUND ON CHECKS 

Most of the information needed to complete boxes A and F in 

Section 1 is printed on your government check: 

A 

F 

Be sure that payee’s name is written exactly as it 

appears on the check. Be sure current address is shown. 

Type of payment is printed to the left of the amount. 

Month Day Year 

08 31 84 

United States Treasury 15-51 

000 

KANSAS CITY, MO Check No. 

0000 415785 

Pay to 

28 28 

VA COMP 

DOLLARS CTS 

$****100 00 

the order of JOHN DOE 

123 BRISTOL STREET 

HAWKINS BRANCH TX 76543 

A 

F 

NOT NEGOTIABLE ’:00000518’: 041571926" 

SPECIAL NOTICE TO JOINT ACCOUNT HOLDERS 

Joint account holders should immediately advise both the Government agency and the financial institution of the death of a beneficiary. Funds 

deposited after the date of death or ineligibility, except for salary payments, are to be returned to the Government agency. The Government agency 

will then make a determination regarding survivor rights, calculate survivor benefit payments, if any, and begin payments. 

CANCELLATION 

The agreement represented by this authorization remains in effect until cancelled by the recipient by notice to the Federal agency or by the death 

or legal incapacity of the recipient. Upon cancellation by the recipient, the recipient should notify the receiving financial institution that he/she is doing so. 

The agreement represented by this authorization may be cancelled by the financial institution by providing the recipient a written notice 30 days in 

advance of the cancellation date. The recipient must immediately advise the Federal agency if the authorization is cancelled by the financial institution. 

The financial institution cannot cancel the authorization by advice to the Government agency. 

CHANGING RECEIVING FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 

The payee’s Direct Deposit will continue to be received by the selected financial institution until the Government agency is notified by the payee that 

the payee wishes to change the financial institution receiving the Direct Deposit. To effect this change, the payee will complete a new SF 1199A at the 

newly selected financial institution. It is recommended that the payee maintain accounts at both financial institutions until the transition is complete, i.e. 

after the new financial institution receives the payee’s Direct Deposit payment. 

FALSE STATEMENTS OR FRAUDULENT CLAIMS 

Federal law provides a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than five (5) years or both for presenting a false statement or 

making a fraudulent claim.