2009 tax form, pay statement availability announced Published Dec. 3, 2009 CLEVELAND (AFNS) -- Air Force retirees with a myPay online account can now download their annual account statements. Annuitant statements will be available online Dec. 14. There will not be a cost-of-living adjustment increase for military retirees or annuitants in 2010. COLA increases are determined each year based on the rise in the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer Price Index for urban wage earners and clerical workers. The Department of Labor statisticians calculate the change in the CPI for goods and services from the third quarter average of the previous year to the third quarter average for the current year. Although Congress and the Administration decide how much to increase federal pay, because military retirees and annuitants do not receive pay increases but cost-of-living adjustments, they rely on the final CPI results. Internal Revenue Service 1099R forms for retirees and annuitants will be posted Dec. 14. Retirees and annuitants who rely on the U.S. Postal Service for Defense Finance and Accounting Service correspondence can expect to see their account statements and tax forms starting in mid-December. DFAS officials plan on mailing the documents Dec. 16 to 31. The 1099R and account statement will be together in one envelope. Statements and forms are mailed to the address on file with DFAS. Retirees with questions about account statements or tax forms should call the DFAS Contact Center at 800-321-1080. (Courtesy of DFAS)