You should review each Annual Earnings Statement you receive carefully to confirm that it reflects all of the AFTRA-covered work you performed during the previous calendar year. If you believe that there are any discrepancies in the employer-reported earnings and contributions listed on your statement, or if you did not receive an Earnings Statement but think you had covered employment during the year, notify the AFTRA Retirement Fund by reporting an earnings discrepancy and submitting the required documentation as outlined in the Policies for Covered Earnings Inquiries brochure.

Five-year limitation for reporting earnings discrepancies
The AFTRA Retirement Fund’s Board of Trustees has adopted and implemented a policy, detailed in the current Policies for Covered Earnings Inquiries brochure, which limits the time you are allowed to report historical earnings discrepancies. Effective Jan. 1, 2014, there is a five-year limit from the end of the calendar year in which earnings were, or should have been, credited for reporting an earnings discrepancy. 

Please note that the 5-year limitation policy does not affect your ability to request a full historical record of all earnings reported on your behalf.

Calendar year covered earnings credited	Earnings inquiry deadline date
2019	Dec. 31, 2024
2020	Dec. 31, 2025
2021	Dec. 31, 2026
2022	Dec. 31, 2027
2023	Dec. 31, 2028
2024	Dec. 31, 2029

Steps for initiating an earnings discrepancy
Refer to the Policies for Covered Earnings Inquiries brochure for complete details about the process for reporting an earnings discrepancy, which is summarized below:

1. Review your annual earnings statements.
2. Report any potential discrepancies or missing earnings by completing an Earnings Discrepancy Form
3. Return the completed form, along with the required documentation as outlined in the brochure, as indicated below:

AFTRA Retirement Fund
Attention: Operations Department 
1411 Broadway, Suite 1850
New York, NY 10018-3496

Fax: (212) 499-4973
E-mail: earnings@aftraretirement.org

Please keep in mind that in the event of a discrepancy between the information reported to the AFTRA Retirement Fund by a contributing employer and the credit to which you believe you are entitled, it will be your responsibility to report the discrepancy to the AFTRA Retirement Fund and to substantiate your receipt of the covered earnings in question. You must prove that your related work was:

• performed by you for a contributing employer; and
• covered by a collective bargaining agreement for which contributions were required to be made to the AFTRA Retirement Plan.

It is important that you retain comprehensive records of your covered employment (such as pay stubs, W-2s, copies of checks, royalty statements and any other documentary evidence related to your AFTRA-covered employment you can provide) that may support your claims in the event you discover an earnings discrepancy.
 
Need assistance or historical earnings information?
Call the AFTRA Retirement Fund at (800) 562-4690 for assistance with reviewing your earnings and contributions, to request your earnings history or to discuss any missing or incomplete information.
 
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