U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, Quality Reporting Service Center

ISSUE XLIV JANUARY 2

YEAR IN REVIEW

 Form RL-11D1, Request for Medical Evidence from Employers, 

created. See Program Letter 2017-02 for more information.

 Form G-251A, Railroad Job Information, revised. For more informat

see Program Letter 2017-03.

 Modern RRB.gov unveiled on June 10. See Program Letter 2017-04 

more information.

 Trigger of Surcharge in RUIA Contribution Rate issued. Read more

 Notice of Annual Rates (2018) released. For more information, see

Program Letter 2018-01.

 Available on ERSNet: Form G-73a.1, Notice of Death of Railroad 

Retirement Annuitant, and RL-5a, Notice to Employer of Annuity Aw

Listing. For additional information, see Program Letter 2018-02.

 Form BA-12, Application for Employer Reporting Internet Access, 

revised. PDF available to view, save, and print.

 Worksheet for Computing Excess Railroad Retirement Taxes 

Withheld in 2018 released. PDF available to view, save, and prin

 ANNUAL REPORTS DUE FEBRUARY 28, 2018.

» Employers are encouraged to use ERSNet to submit their 

Annual Report of Creditable Compensation (Form BA-3)

and the Report of Gross Earnings (Form BA-11) for 2017. 

» Employers must include a Report Specifications Sheet (Form

G-440) when using an alternative method (secure email, FTP

Interchange, or CD-ROM) to submit Form BA-3 and Form BA-1

» Employers should notify the RRB if they have no creditable 

service and compensation for 2017 to report on Form BA-3, or

if they have no employees with social security numbers ending 

in 30 to report on Form BA-11. Please submit all No Employee 

reports via ERSNet. If you are submitting a No Employee report 

through an alternate method, check the appropriate box on Form 

G-440.

» Employers submitting addresses for new employees or updates 

to employee addresses on Form BA-3 don’t need to submit the 

Form BA-6 Address Report (Form BA-6a).

 

RUIA TAX DEPOSITS AND FORM ID-40R/S

Employers should use their 2018 contribution rate to calculate 

RUIA tax deposits. The RRB issued Form ID- 40R/S, Annual 

Notice to Employers – Railroad Unemployment Act/Annual 

Proclamation, to all employers in October 2017. Contact the 

Quality Reporting Service Center (QRSC) if you did not receive 

Form ID- 40R/S.

Please note, the maximum earnings subject to RUIA contribution 

for 2018 is $1,560 per month.

 

PLEASE RETURN GL-99 FORMS

Form GL-99, Employer’s Deemed Service Months Questionnaire

was released in October 2017. The information provided on the 

form could result in the RRB awarding additional service months 

to applicable employees based on their reported months of 

service and tier II compensation for the 2016 calendar year. 

Please complete any GL-99 forms you have received and return 

them to QRSC as soon as possible.

 

COMING SOON: NRETS and NRO

The RRB is finalizing details for the 10th National Rail Employer 

Training Seminar (NRETS) scheduled for summer 2018 in 

Chicago. Informational announcement coming soon. 

The RRB is also planning the National Reporting Officers (NRO) 

meeting for labor employers in Chicago for the autumn of 201

Invitations will be sent once details are confirmed.

Highlights...

YEAR IN REVIEW FORM ID-40R/S GL-99 FORMS COMING SOO

U.S. Railroad Retirement Board

Quality Reporting Service Center

844 North Rush Street

Chicago, IL 60611-1275

email: QRSC@rrb.gov | phone: (312) 751-4992 | fax: (312) 751-7123

Experience Rating Specialist: (312) 751-4550

RRB.gov