As a Federal Employee, how will the passing of the Tax Cuts and Job Act impact you? This is a great time of year in which most FERS employees are thinking about […]
Your FERS Retirement: Are You Missing a Step
Your FERS Retirement: Are You Missing a Step? Are you worried you’re missing an important step of your FERS retirement planning? You probably are. Many federal employees think they have their benefits […]
Q&A The Difference Between Postponed and Deferred Retirement
Q&A The Difference Between Postponed and Deferred Retirement Hi. I’m Micah Shilanski from Plan Your Federal Retirement. Welcome to our video. We just finished teaching two days of federal benefits classes. […]
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New Book on CSRS Voluntary Contributions Program
New Book on CSRS Voluntary Contributions Program: The Best Kept Secret in CSRS CSRS and CSRS Offset Federal Employees have a unique benefit called the CSRS Voluntary Contributions Program. The big deal […]
Federal Retirement Pension Reductions
When planning your federal retirement – it’s important to remember that your pension will be reduced. There are seven main pension reductions that affect federal employees in retirement. Most federal employees will […]
CSRS VCP to Roth IRA
CSRS Voluntary Contributions Transfer to a Roth IRA While the CSRS VCP program was originally designed to allow CSRS to put more money in and buy an additional retirement annuity, the big […]
FERS Immediate Retirement
Immediate Voluntary FERS Retirement Sometimes this is simply called regular FERS Retirement. This is the most common type of retirement under the Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS). You are eligible for an […]
FERS Supplement for Special Provisions
Understanding the FERS Supplement Rules for Special Provisions Federal Employees The FERS Supplement is an important benefit for FERS planning to retire before age 62. Since so many Special Provisions (ATC, LEO and FF) […]
Your TSP Retirement Choices
When you are ready to retire, you have several TSP retirement choices. You can… Leave your money in the TSP Take monthly TSP withdrawals Annuitize your TSP with Met-Life Transfer your TSP […]