[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 20, Volume 1] [Revised as of April 1, 2005] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 20CFR226.1] [Page 435-436] TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD PART 226_COMPUTING EMPLOYEE, SPOUSE, AND DIVORCED SPOUSE ANNUITIES --Table of Contents Subpart A_General Sec. 226.1 Introduction. Subpart A_General Sec. 226.1 Introduction. 226.2 Definitions. 226.3 Other regulations related to this part. Subpart B_Computing An Employee Annuity 226.10 Employee tier I. 226.11 Employee tier II. 226.12 Employee vested dual benefit. 226.13 Cost-of-living increase in employee vested dual benefit. 226.14 Employee regular annuity rate. 226.15 Deductions from employee regular annuity rate. 226.16 Supplemental annuity. Subpart C_Computing a Spouse or Divorced Spouse Annuity 226.30 Spouse or divorced spouse tier I. 226.31 Reduction for public pension. 226.32 Spouse tier II. 226.33 Spouse regular annuity rate. 226.34 Divorced spouse regular annuity rate. 226.35 Deductions from regular annuity rate. Subpart D_Railroad Retirement Family Maximum 226.50 General. 226.51 Maximum monthly amount. 226.52 Total annuity subject to maximum. Subpart E_Years of Service and Average Monthly Compensation 226.60 General. [[Page 436]] 226.61 Use of military service. 226.62 Computing average monthly compensation. 226.63 Determining monthly compensation. Subpart F_Reduction for Workers' Compensation and Disability Benefits Under a Federal, State, or Local Law or Plan 226.70 General. 226.71 Initial reduction. 226.72 Benefits that do not cause a reduction. 226.73 Changes in reduction amount. 226.74 Redetermination of reduction. Subpart G_Recomputation To Include Additional Railroad Service and Compensation 226.90 When recomputation applies. 226.91 How an employee annuity rate is recomputed. 226.92 Effect of recomputation on spouse and divorced spouse annuity. Authority: 45 U.S.C. 231f(b)(5). Source: 60 FR 22262, May 5, 1995, unless otherwise noted. This part explains how employee, spouse, and divorced spouse annuities are computed. It describes how to determine the years of railroad service and average monthly compensation used in computing the employee annuity rate. The railroad retirement family maximum, cost-of- living increases, and the recomputation of an annuity to include additional railroad earnings are also explained in this part.