{"id":2601,"date":"2026-02-11T08:59:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T13:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/mi\/?p=2601"},"modified":"2026-02-11T09:08:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T14:08:02","slug":"opm-delivery-method-for-1099-r-forms-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/mi\/2026\/02\/11\/opm-delivery-method-for-1099-r-forms-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"OPM Delivery Method for 1099-R Forms Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has updated its delivery policy for the 1099-R form. Annuitants who have provided an email address will receive their 1099-R forms electronically, unless they opt to receive them by mail through their OPM online account. Individuals without internet or computer access should contact OPM\u2019s Retirement Services to request a mailed copy of their 1099-R forms. Annuitants can change their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opm.gov\/support\/retirement\/how-to\/get-your-1099-r-tax-form\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>delivery preference<\/strong><\/a> by visiting their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.servicesonline.opm.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Retirement Services Online Account<\/strong> <\/a>or by calling the Retirement Services hotline at 1-888-767-6738 to request a mailed copy. Annuitants can also download a copy of their 1099-R here (no login required).<br>\nThe NARFE Federal Benefits Institute created these one-page instructions you may print and share with NARFE members that are not on the internet:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/mi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/02\/2026-02-03-Requesting-Your-1099-R-By-Email.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Requesting Your 1099-R By Email<\/strong><\/a><br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/mi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/02\/2026-02-03-Requesting-Your-1099-R-By-USPS.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Requesting Your 1099-R By USPS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Several NARFE Members have received a copy of their 1099R through the mail without requesting them so OPM may have started mailing more of the forms due to complaints.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OPM is emailing 1099-R forms this tax season. Paper forms will only be mailed to annuitants by request.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2602,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"kp-content-permissions":[],"class_list":["post-2601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/mi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/02\/2026-02-06-Tax-Forms-image.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/mi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/mi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/mi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/mi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/mi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2601"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/mi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2605,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/mi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2601\/revisions\/2605"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/mi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/mi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/mi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/mi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2601"},{"taxonomy":"kp-content-permissions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/mi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kp-content-permissions?post=2601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}