What is DD Form 2558? It is a Department of Defense form titled DD Form 2558, Authorization to Start, Stop or Change an Allotment, January 2015, and its job is straightforward: Authorization to Start, Stop, or Change an Allotment. That single line covers most of what people want to know before they download it.
Will you need a different form because of where you serve? No. DD forms are Department-wide instruments, and that scope is what separates them from service publications. One edition, all branches, defense agencies included.
Where does the requirement come from? From not stated, with not stated responsible for the document itself. Those are the names to cite if anyone asks under what authority you filed.
Which edition should you have? not stated, listed as not stated. A copy dated otherwise is a copy worth replacing.
What the form asks for
- 1. Branch of service. Press space bar to mark X in first box if Air Force, second box if Army, third box if Marine Corps, or fourth box if Navy.
- 2. Name of allotter: last, first, middle initial.
- 4. Pay grade.
- 5. Address of allotter (Street or box number, city, state, and zip code).
- 6. Daytime telephone number, include area code.
- 7. Effective date: 4 digit year, 2 digit month.
- 8. Monthly amount of allotment.
- 9. Name of allottee: last, first, middle initial.
- 10. Allotment action. X first box if start, second box if stop, third box if change.
- 11. Term in months.
- 12. Credit line, if applicable.
- 13. Allotment class authorized. X first box if C - Charity/CFC, second box if D - Discretionary Allotments, third box if F - Charity - emergency/assistance fund contribution, fourth box if L - Repayment of loan to service organization, fifth box if N - NSLI or USGLI insurance premium, sixth box if T - Payment of debts to U.S. or delinquent taxes, or seventh box if Other.
- Specify other allotment class authorized.
- 14. Address of allottee: street or box number, city, state, and zip code.
- 15. Province and country, if foreign address.
- 16. Remarks.
- 17. Company code/financial institution routing transit number.
- 18. Account number or policy number.
- X first box if checking account, second box if savings.
- 19. Total class L amount.
- 20. Total class T amount.
- 22. Date: 4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day.
- 21. Signature of allotter.
- 3. Social security number. Do not include dashes.
Download the form
Which files are here? These: PDF. How much work is involved? 1 pages, about 25 entry fields.
What is the difference between fillable and printable? A fillable pdf has real field boxes that accept typed text and hold it inside the file. A printable pdf is a flat blank with no fields at all, intended for a printer and a pen. Which one you have determines how you complete the form, so it is worth checking first.
Is handwriting acceptable? Yes, but it is the weaker choice. Scanning flattens pen strokes and reproduction blurs them, while typed characters survive the whole chain intact. Print in capitals if you are working from a paper blank.
In what order do you complete it? The printed order, top to bottom. Header data comes before the body, and the body before the signature block. The sequence is not decorative — later entries are keyed to earlier ones.
What if your copy is old? Replace it. Check the date printed on the form against not stated. Old blanks circulate for years in shared folders, and because a DD revision lands across the whole Department at once, the receiving office will be working from the new layout.
Where do you look up an unclear entry? The form face first, not stated second. And when the two disagree? not stated controls.
What happens after you finish? It routes to the office specified in not stated or in local guidance. And your own record? Save a duplicate first; nobody regrets having one.
Do you need to know which branch issued a related form? No. DD numbering is Department-wide and unified, which means the number on its own is a complete address for the document.
Why do some instructions cite both a DA and a DD form? Because the procedure touches both systems, not because the forms are related. Service forms answer to a service proponent; DD forms answer to not stated or another Department office. The sequences were never aligned.
How often does a form like this change? Unpredictably — revision follows directive changes, altered collection requirements and updated notice language. What is the practical defence? Verifying not stated every time you download rather than trusting a saved copy.
What does this page actually provide? The blank form and a description of it. What does it not provide? Legal guidance, procedural rulings, or any assurance about a particular filing. Who answers those? not stated, the administrative office that serves you, or the authority identified in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 2558?
- DD Form 2558, Authorization to Start, Stop or Change an Allotment, January 2015
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?