# Benefit 2: Surplus Distribution Members who do not receive a Benefit Payout and who complete a 5-year membership are entitled to “cashing out” their portion of the surplus of the tDAO fund. The total number of Membership Credits held by a member determines how much surplus they are entitled to. Membership Credits are burned once surplus is cashed out. To learn more about how Surplus is calculated and distributed, please refer to the Takadao Whitepaper. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.takadao.io/tld-whitepaper/part-ii-the-lifedao-membership/the-lifedao-membership/benefit-2-surplus-distribution.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.