20 CFR § 218.6 - How to choose an annuity beginning date.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s218.6"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "20 CFR § 218.6 - How to choose an annuity beginning date."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "218.6"
section_name: "How to choose an annuity beginning date."
chapter_name: "RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT"
part_number: "218"
part_name: "ANNUITY BEGINNING AND ENDING DATES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "45 U.S.C. 231f(b)(5)."
regulatory_source: "54 FR 30725, July 24, 1989, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "218"
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# 218.6 How to choose an annuity beginning date.
(a) *When application is filed.* The applicant may choose an annuity beginning date by—
(1) Naming the month, day and year in an application accepted by the Board; or
(2) Including with the application a signed statement which tells the date (month, day and year) when the annuity should begin.
(b) *After application is filed.* After an application is filed, the claimant may choose an annuity beginning date by submitting a signed statement which tells the month, day and year when the annuity should begin.
(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control numbers 3220-0002, 3220-0030 and 3220-0042)