{"id":2159,"date":"2026-02-05T08:34:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T13:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/?p=2159"},"modified":"2026-02-05T08:49:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T13:49:18","slug":"opm-delivery-method-for-1099-r-forms-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/2026\/02\/05\/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 Form 1099-R. 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>\u00a0by visiting their\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.servicesonline.opm.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Retirement Services Online Account<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0or 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\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opm.gov\/support\/retirement\/how-to\/get-your-1099-r-tax-form\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(no login required).<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/education\/federal-benefits-institute\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>NARFE Federal Benefits Institute<\/strong><\/a> created these one-page instructions you may print and share with NARFE members who are not on the internet:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/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\/va\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/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","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":2160,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"kp-content-permissions":[],"class_list":["post-2159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2026\/02\/1099_form_img.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2159"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2168,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2159\/revisions\/2168"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2159"},{"taxonomy":"kp-content-permissions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kp-content-permissions?post=2159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}