Public pension as death benefit

[KelleyR]

When adding information from 1099-R.  I am receiving a pension as a death benefit.  My husband was a teacher, public and under "source of distribution"  Public pension would be checked.

My question:  Under "sources of distribution" do I check public, or private or other.

Thanks for reading.

kelley r

[JoannaB2 · Accepted solution]

The retired teachers pension plan came from Public Retirement Systems such as Office of the Personnel, State Street, and other government retirement agency and were called public pension; while individuals who retired in a private company received pension distribution from private financial institution such as Fidelity and other authorized private company .