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PERAC has distributed updated 2026 buyback/make-up repayment worksheets and cumulative interest factor sheets. The worksheets apply to buybacks under numerous specific sections of G.L. c. 32, with separate worksheets for buyback interest and actuarial interest. Sections 4(1)(g½), 4(1)(l), 4(1)(l½), 4(1)(l¾), 4(1)(n), 4(1)(n½), 4(1)(p), 4(1)(r), 4(1)(s), and 4(2)(c) use buyback interest exclusively; sections 3(3), 3(4), 3(4A), 3(5), 3(6)(d), and 3(8)(b) may use either rate as described in Memo #23/2012. These worksheets are not applicable to § 3(6)(c) buybacks.