5 CFR § 841.604 - Interest on service credit deposits.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s841.604"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 841.604 - Interest on service credit deposits."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "841.604"
section_name: "Interest on service credit deposits."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "841"
part_name: "FEDERAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM—GENERAL ADMINISTRATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 8461; Sec. 841.108 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 552a; Secs. 841.110 and 841.111 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8470(a); subpart D also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8423; Sec. 841.504 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8422; Sec. 841.507 also issued under section 505 of Pub. L. 99-335; subpart J also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8469; Sec. 841.506 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 7701(b)(2); Sec. 841.508 also issued under section 505 of Pub. L. 99-335; Sec. 841.604 also issued under Title II, Pub. L. 106-265, 114 Stat. 780; Sec. 5001 of Pub. L. 112-96 at 126 Stat. 199."
cfr_part: "841"
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# 841.604 Interest on service credit deposits.
(a) Interest on civilian service credit deposits is computed under § 842.305 of this chapter.
(b) Interest on military service credit deposits is computed under § 842.307 of this chapter.
(c) In the case of a retirement coverage error that was corrected under part 839 (pertaining to errors that lasted for at least 3 years of service after December 31, 1986) in which:
(1) A CSRS service credit deposit was made; and
(2) There is a subsequent retroactive change to FERS, the excess of the amount of the CSRS civilian or military service credit deposit over the FERS civilian or military deposit, together with interest computed under § 842.305 of this chapter, shall be paid to the employee or annuitant. In the case of a deceased employee or annuitant, payment is made to the individual entitled to lump-sum benefits under subpart B of part 843 of this chapter.
[52 FR 12132, Apr. 15, 1987, as amended at 57 FR 32155, July 21, 1992; 66 FR 15618, Mar. 19, 2001]