Why am I getting a $0.00 deposit on my LES? Should my unit credit me for a muta?

CPL Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 03:26:05 -0400

Before COVID hit I volunteered to do a Month rotation in Poland with another unit. As they were preparing to go to Poland in February and March they had 3 day drills, as my home station had for February and March 2 day drills during those months. Last month they called to tell me to only show up for 1 day because I already met my Muta's for the year based on the 3 days of drill weekend that I already did earlier in the year when volunteering with the other unit.

Response by SGM Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 18 at 2020 8:33 AM

SGM Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 08:33:24 -0400

Without knowing your unit's drill schedule for the year, or your actual UTA count for the year, I am going to guess that both FEB and MAR were MUTA 6s and assuming you did MUTA 4s every other month from OCT-AUG, you were at 48 by AUG.
That would mean if you showed up for one day in SEP, they could only pay you with 1 RMP for the day, but a $0 LES would suggest that they tried to pay UTAs, which got kicked back because you were over your limit.
To fix that, your unit would have to input an IDT pay reversal, because they did attempt to pay UTAs. Once that is reversed, they can input one RMP for that day, the equivalent of one UTA.

Response by Col Ronald E Gionta made Oct 19 at 2020 9:27 AM

Col Ronald E Gionta — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 09:27:30 -0400

1. Try going to MYPAY-DFAS website and see if you were paid properly for the 3 MUTA's. You should consider talking to the folks in Military Pay for your assigned unit.