2013-2024 Form

Instructions and help about Make Sure You Get The Correct Benefits You Are Eligible To Receive

[Music] as you enter retirement one of your biggest risks is that you experience a time delay between your final paycheck and your first payment from your pension this is true in both the private and public sectors and managing this transition should form an important part of your retirement planning while there are steps you can take to mitigate the delay you should at least be prepared for it by building up some cash reserves prior to retirement that can tide you over for a few months you need to start working on your documentation at least six months before your retirement date to ensure you receive your first pension check the month you retire it's not uncommon for there to be glitches in the process so it's important to understand how the process works and where the bottlenecks occur most of the problems occur at the employer or departmental level hr departments may delay submissions make mistakes on documentation or more frequently provide incorrect information on years of servic