Remittance Instructions - Check

If you've selected to remit payment of deferral contributions by check, please follow these mail instructions.

 

Checks (Regular Mail):

MERIT

P.O. Box 534495

Pittsburgh, PA 15253- 4495

 

Checks (Overnight Mail):

MERIT

Attention: 534495

500 Ross Street, 154-0520
Pittsburgh, PA 15262

 

Please make checks payable to "MERIT."

 

For proper crediting of funds, please include your Employer Reference Number on the front of the check. 

To locate your Employer Reference Number, please follow these instructions:

1. Log in to your MERIT employer portal.
2. Navigate to the “Contributions” page by clicking on the icon of the hand holding a coin on the left-hand side of the screen. 
3. Once on the “Contributions” page, click the blue settings gear icon.
4. Click Payment Method Instructions. Your 10-digit Employer Reference Number will be listed as “Reference #: XXXXXXXXXX.”

If you have selected paper check as your payment method, you can also find your Employer Reference Number when you go to regularly submit your contribution file to the portal. A confirmation screen will pop up showing the check mailing instructions, along with the 10-digit Employer Reference Number.