[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR226.1]

[Page 457]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
 
PART 226_COMPUTING EMPLOYEE, SPOUSE, AND DIVORCED SPOUSE ANNUITIES--Table of 
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec.  226.1  Introduction.


    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.