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What is the FERS Survivor Annuity Plan?
Retirement under the Federal Employee Retirement System doesn’t affect government workers alone. If you’re a federal employee, you’ve probably also been choosing and arranging your coverage to provide for your family under FERS as well. No one wants to imagine what...
What is FERS Special Provision Retirement?
Several different government agencies are covered under Special Provision Retirement, which differs slightly from the traditional Federal Employee Retirement System. In short, a number of government careers which involve more physical or mental stress are provided...
What is the FERS Annuity Supplement?
As a FERS Federal Employee you have a three component retirement system, FERS Pension, Social Security, and Thrifts Savings Plan. Depending on your Minimum Retirement Age (MRA), with at least 30 years of service you can begin receiving your FERS annuity...
What is the FERS Annuity and How Do I Compute Mine?
1. WHAT IS MY FERS ANNUITY? Your FERS Annuity is, in short, the pension you receive from the Federal Employee Retirement System. After you retire, you’ll receive monthly annuity payments from the government for the rest of your life. 2. HOW DO I COMPUTE...
What Does My Retirement Cost Today?
As a federal employee, you may be wondering exactly how much money is being deducted per paycheck for your retirement. First, we need to take a look at what items are considered part of your retirement package. Federal Employees make contributions toward (and receive)...
When Am I Eligible for my FERS Retirement?
This article only pertains to FERS and qualifying for full immediate retirement. Look for future blogs on special provisions and additional retirement options with the FERS retirement system. WHAT FACTORS AFFECT MY ELIGIBILITY TO DRAW FROM FERS? Your...
Federal Employee Retirement System Overview
1. WHAT IS THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SYSTEM? The Federal Employee Retirement System (also known as “FERS”) was created by Congress on January 1st, 1987. It is comprised of three parts (think of them as three separate paychecks): FERS Pension Social...
What Do Thrift Savings Plans Look Like After Retirement?
We've been talking about the accumulation vehicle of your Thrift Savings Plan, which is one of the best out there. Once you retire though, we get tons of questions about what to do with your TSP because now you've moved to the de-accumulation stage of your...
3 Things in Your Thrift Savings Plan You Can Control
Determining the arrangements surrounding your Thrift Savings Plan is complicated– and frankly, it’s scary. Whatever choices you make with it today will have an impact on the entire rest of your life. A lot of elements of the TSP – like the return on different...
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