CalSTRS does not provide tax advice. For more information about the IRS Simplified Method, members should contact the IRS or a qualified tax advisor.

Form 1099-R is the Internal Revenue Service form reporting a taxpayer’s distributions from pensions, annuities, IRAs, insurance contracts, profit-sharing plans and/or retirement plans (including section 457 state and local government plans).

The IRS released a revised Form W-4P (Withholding Certificate for Periodic Pension or Annuity Payments) and a new Form W-4R (Withholding Certificate for Nonperiodic Payments and Eligible Rollover Distributions) that include substantial changes to the federal tax withholding elections available, as well as changes to the calculation CalSTRS performs to determine the amount to be withheld, as of January 1, 2023.