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Payment Remittance

A cash remittance provides specific details about your payment to STRS Ohio.

  • Online Submission
  • Paper Form

Employer Reporting

An online reference regarding administrative procedures for employers.

  • Account Withdrawal
  • Annual Reporting
  • Compensation
  • Employer Pickup
  • GASB Requirements
  • Membership Determination
  • New Employers
  • New Hire Reporting
  • Payroll Reporting
  • Purchases & Leaves
  • Reemployed Retirees
  • Retirement Plans & Benefits
  • Retirement Reporting
  • Service Credit

Resources

STRS Ohio offers a variety of resources to assist reporting employers.

  • News
  • Education & Training
  • Publications
  • Forms

Employer Self Service (ESS)

  • Registration
  • Employer Self Service (ESS) Instructions

Calculators

  • Service Credit
  • Current Leave of Absence Cost
  • Interest on Backpostings
  • Pickup-on-Pickup
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Employer Reporting

State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio is one of the nation’s premier retirement systems, serving nearly 493,000 active, inactive and retired public educators. STRS Ohio works with more than 1,140 employers statewide to collect member and employer contributions and ensure member accounts are accurate throughout the course of their career.

Account Withdrawal

  • Member Account Withdrawal
  • Reemployed Retiree Benefit Payment
  • Frequently Asked Questions
 
Withdrawal Certification

Annual Reporting

  • Annual Reporting Requirements
  • TPO Contribution Certification
  • Verifying Service Credit or Accrued Contributions
  • Employer Detail Listing
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Annual Reporting Fact Sheet
  • Accrued Contributions Fact Sheet
  • Contributions on Earnings for TPO Service Fact Sheet
 
Service Credit Verification Report
 
Accrued Verification Report
 
Employer Basics 101: Annual Reporting
 
Annual Reporting for ESS Users

Compensation

  • Qualifying Compensation
  • Annual Compensation Limits
  • Contribution Rates
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Compensation Fact Sheet

Employer Pickup

  • What Is Employer Pickup
  • Types of Pickup
  • Plan Adoption and Notification
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Pickup-on-Pickup Calculator
  • Employer Pickup Fact Sheet
 
Understanding Employer Pickup

GASB Requirements

  • GASB 68
  • GASB 75
  • GASB Reports
  • Resources
  • GASB Definitions
  • Frequently Asked Questions

Membership Determination

  • Member Criteria
  • Contracted Services
  • Exemptions
  • Alternative Retirement Plan (ARP)*
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Determining Membership Fact Sheet
  • Contracted Services Fact Sheet
  • STRS Ohio, SERS Clarification on Membership Determination for Preschool Teachers

*Colleges & Universities Only

New Employers

  • Startup Procedures
  • Overview of Responsibilities
  • Forms
  • Publications
 
Overview of Employer Responsibilities

New Hire Reporting

  • New Hire Reporting
  • Reemployed Retiree Reporting
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Member Information
  • SSA-1945
  • Online Personal Account for STRS Ohio Members
 
New Hire Notification
 
Reemployed Retiree Notification

Payroll Reporting

  • Payroll Reports
  • Paying Contributions
  • Backpostings & Adjustments
  • ARP Reporting*
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Direct Debit Payments Fact Sheet
  • Backpostings & Account Adjustments Fact Sheet
 
Direct Debit Setup
 
Direct Debit Payment
 
Payroll Adjustment
 
Backposting Adjustment

*Colleges & Universities Only

Purchases & Leaves

  • Absences & Leaves
  • Purchasing Service Credit
  • Payroll Deduction
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Current Leave of Absence Cost Calculator
  • Absences and Leaves — for K–12 Employers Fact Sheet
  • Lump-Sum Purchase of Current Fiscal Year Absence or Leave Form
 
Purchase Service Credit Report

Reemployed Retirees

  • Reemployment Limitations
  • Notification Process
  • Contributions & Reemployment Benefit
  • Health Insurance Rules
  • Frequently Asked Questions
 
Reemployed Retiree Notification

Retirement Plans & Benefits

  • Plan Options
  • Service Retirement
  • Account Withdrawal
  • Disability Benefits
  • Survivor Benefits
  • Health Care
  • Frequently Asked Questions
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Retirement Plan Options Video Series: New Member
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Retirement Plan Options Video Series: Higher Education Faculty
 
Disability Benefits

Retirement Reporting

  • Deposit and Service Report
  • Calamity Days
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Calamity Days Fact Sheet
 
Employer Basics 101: Preparing Deposit and Service Reports
 
How Calamity Days Affect Summer Retirements
 
Preparing for Midyear Retirements
 
Deposit and Service Report

Service Credit

  • Service Credit
  • Calculating Service Credit
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Service Credit Calculator
  • Service Credit Decision Tree (Effective Through June 30, 2019)
  • Service Credit Decision Tree (Effective July 1, 2019)
  • Calculating Service Credit — (Days or Hours) Fact Sheet
  • Calculating Service Credit (FTE) — for College and University Educators Fact Sheet
 
Employer Basics 101: Calculating Service Credit Using Days

Calculators

  • Service Credit
  • Current Leave of Absence Cost
  • Interest on Backpostings
  • Pickup-on-Pickup

Education & Training

  • Employer Responsibilities
  • Calendar of Events
  • Workshops
  • Training
  • Tutorials
  • Webinars

Publications

  • ESS Instructions
  • Fact Sheets
  • Instructions & Guidebooks
  • Newsletters
  • Record Layouts
  • Other

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2023 State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio · To learn more about STRS Ohio employer reporting, please visit us at www.strsoh.org/employer.