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Defense Department form, series DD, number 2558. Full title: DD Form 2558, Authorization to Start, Stop or Change an Allotment, January 2015. Function: Authorization to Start, Stop, or Change an Allotment. Edition in force: not stated. Publisher status: not stated.
Governing directive: not stated. Responsible office: not stated. The DD designation signals joint scope — all military departments, combatant commands and defense agencies draw on a single edition of the document.
Users include uniformed members of any branch, DoD civilian employees, contractor personnel where authorized, and the administrative staff who process the completed record.
Submission follows the schedule set by not stated and by local implementing procedures. This page provides the blank form for download and general orientation only.
The download set covers PDF. Document length is 1 pages with about 25 entry fields.
Pdf serves as the base format. In the fillable variant, each box is an interactive field that holds typed text inside the document. In the flat printable variant, no fields exist — the page prints as a blank to be completed by hand. Typed entries survive transmission; handwriting does not always survive scanning.
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.
The document is filled from the top down. Identification precedes substance, substance precedes certification. Fields lower on the page are commonly keyed to entries made above them.
The current edition is not stated. Superseded editions of DD forms are frequently rejected at the receiving office, since Department-wide forms change centrally and older layouts lose their field correspondence. Edition date appears in the lower corner of the printed blank.
Field-level instructions appear on the form itself and in not stated. The directive is the controlling text.
After completion, the copy goes to the office designated by not stated or by local procedure. Retention of a personal copy is ordinary practice and costs nothing.
Cross-referenced forms are found through the numbering system. The DD sequence is Department-level and unified, which means a number cited on the page identifies one document across the whole Department.
A DD number and a DA number may appear in the same instruction without being related. DA forms belong to the Army alone; DD forms belong to the Department and are administered at Department level. The sequences are independent.
Editions change because the underlying directive changes, because collection requirements are revised, or because Privacy Act language is updated. Checking the edition date at the point of download is the practical response.
The material here is descriptive. Nothing on the page constitutes legal or procedural advice, and no statement here determines whether a submitted form will be accepted. Such questions go to not stated, a servicing administrative office, 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?