What is the explanation for the Separation Pay deduction on my final LES?

2019-10-29T05:46:40-04:00

I just finished my contract and have been waiting for my final pay. Today I logged into mypay to look at my LES. Lo and behold, there finally is one. I sold 30.5 days of leave and have been waiting to get that check. My final day was 02OCT19 so there should also be pay for those 2 days.

I do not owe anyone anything. Never had a star card. Owed CIF nothing. Owed my unit nothing. But on my LES it has a deduction for Separation Pay. I finished my contract under Honorable conditions. Not a single Article 15 or anything.

What is this? I tried looking it up but the only thing I could find was for either people who reenlisted or for actual separation pay. This took my whole pay leaving me with a pay of 0.98!

Attached is a copy of my LES with some things blacked out.

Response by CPT Lawrence Cable made Oct 29 at 2019 7:49 AM

2019-10-29T07:49:32-04:00

Try here. Section 3.6.1
https://biotech.law.lsu.edu/blaw/dodd/corres/pdf/i133229wch1_062091/i133229p.pdf

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Response by MSG Gary Eckert made Oct 29 at 2019 8:00 AM

2019-10-29T08:00:11-04:00

The separation pay reflected under deductions is your final entitlements minus everything else in deductions. The entitlements include two days of base pay ($162.12) . Since they stopped your held pay status on 22 Oct, DFAS should be making a deposit in the amount of $2439.73 when they make EOM deposits. Balances of plus or minus one dollar are considered a wash so you will lose out on the .98 credit.

Response by LTC Stephen B. made Oct 29 at 2019 11:13 AM

2019-10-29T11:13:11-04:00

I was going to post a screenshot of my final LES before retirement. I went no-pay-due as DFAS did an audit of my entire pay account. I got my final payment about a month or so after my retirement date. They want to ensure that everything is correct and that there will not be a need to recoup funds after you exit.

Also, if you haven't done so, download and save any LES's you still have access to. I have all mine saved on my home PC, and a good thing because I no longer have access to them on DFAS MyPay. I get a RAS - retiree account statement, but all my active duty info is inaccessible online now.

Response by SP5 Peter Keane made Oct 29 at 2019 11:40 AM

2019-10-29T11:40:24-04:00

It is the old double entry bookkeeping. For every Credit , there must be a debit.

Response by Basic Cadet Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 27 at 2021 1:33 PM

2021-07-27T13:33:15-04:00

Did u get paid