---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 234.55"
title: "20"
number: "234.55"
heading: "General."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/234.55"
---

# §234.55. General.


Under the Railroad Retirement Act certain railroad employees who have received separation or severance payments may be entitled to a lump-sum payment if tier II railroad retirement taxes were deducted from these payments. This part sets forth the conditions for entitlement to the lump-sum payment and explains how the payment is computed.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 56 FR 1573, Jan. 16, 1991, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 45 U.S.C. 231f.

### Source

Source: 51 FR 3036, Jan. 23, 1986, unless otherwise noted.