State of Alaska

Department of Administration

Division of Retirement and Benefits

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TRS Information Handbook

Complete TRS Information Handbook

Table of Contents

Introduction & General Information

Services for TRS Members

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    • Retirement and Benefits
    • Member Services Online
    • Counseling Services
    • Communicating with the TRS
    • Confidentiality of Records

Membership

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    • Who is a Member of the TRS DB Plan?
    • Membership Tiers
    • Simultaneous TRS and PERS Credit
    • Contributions
    • 1% Supplemental Contributions Provision
    • Refunds
    • Time Limit for Refund or Benefit
    • Tax Considerations
    • Annual Statement
    • Beneficiary Designation

Service Credit

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    • Membership Service Credit
    • Reinstatement of Refunded Service
    • Sabbatical Leave Credit
    • Claimed Service
    • Leave Without Pay
    • Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA ) Service Credit
    • Outside Service Credit
    • Call to Active Duty Military Service
    • Claim for Prior Military Service
    • Claiming Simultaneous PERS and TRS Service
    • Indebtedness Payments

Disability Benefits

Death Benefits

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    • Nonoccupational Death Before Retirement
    • Occupational Death Before Retirement
    • 1% Supplemental Contributions Provision
    • Death Benefit Payments
    • Death Benefits for Retired / Deferred Vested Members

Pension Benefits

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    • Vesting
    • Minimum Requirements for Age-Based Retirement
    • Minimum Requirements for Service-Based Retirement
    • Pension Benefit Calculation
    • Retirement Benefit Options
    • Joint and Survivor Options
    • Rights of Spouses and Dependents
    • Refund Rights
    • Establishing Benefit Entitlement
    • How to Apply for Benefits
    • Pension Benefit Payments
    • Minimum Benefit
    • Conditional Service Benefit
    • Public Service Benefit
    • Duplicate Benefits
    • TRS and Your Social Security Pension Benefits
    • After-Retirement Benefit Increases
    • Unused Sick Leave

Retiree Health Benefits

Working After Retirement

Divorce, Taxes, and Other Legal Issues

Appendix

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    • Early Retirement Factors
    • Joint and Survivor Options
    • Joint and Survivor Option Examples
    • Indebtedness Factors
    • Publication Resources

Glossary

Index


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Posted 2011 TRS Handbook Web Edition 1/17/2012