---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 841.704"
title: "5"
number: "841.704"
heading: "Proration of COLA's."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/841.704"
---

# §841.704. Proration of COLA's.

- (a) The full amounts of COLA's are payable on annuities having a commencing date more than 11 months before the effective date.
- (b)
  - (1) Prorated portions of COLA's are payable of annuities having a commencing date within 11 months before the effective date.
  - (2) Proration is based on the number of months (with any portion of a month counting as a month) between the annuity commencing date and the effective date.
  - (3) For survivors of deceased retirees, proration is determined by the date the annuity was first payable to the deceased retiree.
  - (4) Proration applied to the assume social security disability insurance benefit is based on the commencing date of the disability annuity, not the beginning of the social security disability benefit.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 55 FR 14229, Apr. 17, 1990, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 8461; Sec. 841.108 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 552a; Secs. 841.110 and 841.111 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8470(a); subpart D also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8423; Sec. 841.504 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8422; Sec. 841.507 also issued under section 505 of Pub. L. 99-335; subpart J also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8469; Sec. 841.506 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 7701(b)(2); Sec. 841.508 also issued under section 505 of Pub. L. 99-335; Sec. 841.604 also issued under Title II, Pub. L. 106-265, 114 Stat. 780; Sec. 5001 of Pub. L. 112-96 at 126 Stat. 199.