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General Consent Form for Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuities - QJSA

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US-AHI-024
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A QJSA is when retirement benefits are paid as a life annuity (a series of payments, usually monthly, for life) to the participant and a survivor annuity over the life of the participant's surviving spouse (or a former spouse, child or dependent who must be treated as a surviving spouse under a QDRO) following the

Does my spouse need to consent to the distribution? If you are married and your 403(b) plan is subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), you and your spouse may need to waive the Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity (QJSA) requirement. Please contact your employer for more information.

A joint-and-survivor annuity pays you during your lifetime and then continues to pay your spouse or other named beneficiary. You might be able to choose either a 100, 75, or 50 percent joint-and-survivor annuity. The 100 percent option gives your survivor the same monthly benefit that you received.

A joint and survivor annuity is an annuity that pays out for the remainder of two people's lives.And a 75 percent joint and survivor annuity will pay three-quarters of that amount to the surviving annuitant. The higher the percentage the surviving annuitant is guaranteed, the lower the initial payments will be.

As a general rule, married participants must receive the written consent of their spouse prior to taking distribution from a qualified plan in a form other than a qualified joint and survivor annuity (QJSA).

A joint and survivor annuity, also known as a joint-life annuity, is an insurance product for couples that continues to make regular payments as long as one spouse lives.In the case of a joint and survivor annuity, both spouses have guaranteed coverage.

Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity If your spouse consents to change the way the Plan's retirement benefits are paid, your spouse gives up his or her right to the QJSA payments. This is referred to as a waiver of the QJSA payment form.

A 50 percent joint and survivor annuity will pay the surviving annuitant half the payment amount that payees were receiving when both annuitants were alive.The higher the percentage the surviving annuitant is guaranteed, the lower the initial payments will be.

A qualified joint and survivor annuity (QJSA) provides a lifetime payment to an annuitant and spouse, child, or dependent from a qualified plan. QJSA rules apply to money-purchase pension plans, defined benefit plans, and target benefits.

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General Consent Form for Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuities - QJSA