Premium Payment Instructions & Addresses
Premium Payment Instructions, including illustrative forms:
Premium Payment Instructions & Contact Information
Payments Within My PAA
Single e-filings may be paid online using My PAA (via ACH) during the e-filing process. If you choose to pay within My PAA, you will have to provide your banking information so that PBGC can "pull" the funds from your account after you submit your filing. If your account has an "ACH Debit Block", please provide the appropriate PBGC Company ID to your financial institution before you submit your payment so they may authorize PBGC to debit your account. See the chart below for the PBGC Company ID for payments made "Within My PAA".
Payments Outside My PAA
Payment outside of My PAA is permitted for any filing and is required if multiple filings are uploaded at the same time (i.e., a batch upload). However, separate payments must be submitted for each plan. Do not combine premiums for two or more plans into one payment.
The preferred payment option outside of My PAA is Pay.gov, which is fast, secure, and free for premium payers.
For fast, automatic posting to the premium account, the payment must reference the plan's employer identification number, plan number and the plan year commencement date. If you send a paper check, make the check payable to the "Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation" and include a completed paper check voucher. Note that these addresses are also used for all prior year premium filings and payments (outside of My PAA).
- Pay.gov for secure electronic payments:
Go to http://www.Pay.gov. This is a direct link to the PBGC Premium Insurance Payments Form. This link can also be found at www.Pay.gov. You will be automatically directed to a secure site. Select Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation from the Agency List. You will need the plan's EIN, PN, and Plan Year Commencement Date to complete the payment. Please be sure your account does not have an "ACH Debit Block". If your account has an "ACH Debit Block", please provide the appropriate PBGC Company ID to your financial institution before you submit your payment so they may authorize PBGC to debit your account. See the chart below for PBGC Company IDs. Without this authorization, your financial institution may reject the processing of your payment. A Debit Block is the most common reason for failed ACH payments. Transactions on your bank statement will appear as: PBGC Premium Payment.
PBGC has two Company IDs for ACH Debit Blocks. Please use the appropriate ID based on the type of payment you are submitting:
Type of Payment PBGC Company ID Pay.gov 1601000603 Within My PAA 1601000606 - Mailing Address via United States Postal Service:
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
P.O. Box 105758
Atlanta, GA 30348-5758 - Overnight Delivery address for paper checks or correspondence via a delivery service (FedEx, UPS, etc.):
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
c/o Bank of America
1075 Inner Loop Road (2nd Floor)
Atlanta, GA 30337-6086
ATTN: PBGC Box 105758
Phone: 1-800-736-2444 - Electronic Funds Transfers (EFT) (other than Pay.gov):
For ACH payments:
Credit Gateway – ACH Receiver
33 Livingston Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55107
Transaction Code: 22
Standard Entry Class Code: CCD+
ABA: 051036706
Account: 816010006001
Receiving Company Name: PBGC
Addenda Reference: "EIN/PN: XX-XXXXXXX/XXX PYC: MM/DD/YYYY"
For Fedwire payments:
US Treasury-NYC
33 Liberty Street
New York, NY 10045
ABA: 021030004
Account: 816010006001
Beneficiary: PBGC
Reference: "EIN/PN: XX-XXXXXXX/XXX PYC: MM/DD/YYYY"
Customer Service
E-mail: Premiums@PBGC.gov
Phone: 1-800-736-2444 and select the premium option
Paper Check Voucher (for printing) [PDF]
Notice to Customers Making Payment by Check
When you provide a check as payment, you authorize us either to use information from your check to make a one-time electronic fund transfer from your account or to process the payment as a check transaction.
Privacy Act — A Privacy Act Statement required by 5 U.S.C. § 552a(e)(3) stating our authority for soliciting and collecting the information from your check, and explaining the purposes and routine uses which will be made of your check information, is available from our internet site at (http://www.fms.treas.gov/otcnet/legal.html), or call toll free at (1-866-945-7920) to obtain a copy by mail. Furnishing the check information is voluntary, but a decision not to do so may require you to make payment by some other method.
Premium Contact Information
- E-mail a question
- Call: 1-800-736-2444 or (202) 326-4242 and select the "premium" option.
TTY/ASCII users should call the Federal Relay Service toll-free at 1-800-877-8339 and ask to be connected to 1-800-736-2444. - Mail correspondence to:
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
P.O. Box 105758
Atlanta, GA 30348-5758
