Which is Better: December or January Retirement?
“Hello Micah, I am so glad that I happened onto your website. I have read a lot of material and have watched a lot of
“Hello Micah, I am so glad that I happened onto your website. I have read a lot of material and have watched a lot of
“First off, great content on your site! A plethora of information for Federal employees that is extremely invaluable for retirement planning. Regarding the FERS Supplement
What is the Special Retirement Supplement? FERS consists of 3 different components: the FERS annuity (pension), Social Security, and the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP). The
Where do I apply? You’ve finally decided it’s time to retire. Maybe this day came sooner than expected, or maybe it couldn’t come soon enough.
Once your FERS Supplement ends, should you take Social Security benefits? This really comes down to a case by case basis. As you probably know
What is MRA? Minimum Retirement Age is a threshold that was created for FERS and CSRS to determine a federal employee’s eligibility for retirement. Depending
My understanding is that if I take immediate retirement at MRA before 62, then I will: 1) get the FERS Supplement to my FERS annuity;
“… I recently went over the max earnings on my supplement and when I filled the form out in early June it is expected
“I am retiring on 12/31 at the age of 56 – will my FERS Supplement calculation include 2019 earnings – after they get reported to
Question “I retired from Federal Service under a VERA / VISP in 2017 with over 32 years of Federal Service and my MRA is 56
One of the most frequent questions that we receive from FERS Employees is how do they apply for the FERS Supplement. If you searched
If you were eligible to retire from the Federal Government as a FERS Employee and receive a FERS Supplement, then you are probably aware
“Hello Micah, I am so glad that I happened onto your website. I have read a lot of material and have watched a lot of
“First off, great content on your site! A plethora of information for Federal employees that is extremely invaluable for retirement planning. Regarding the FERS Supplement
What is the Special Retirement Supplement? FERS consists of 3 different components: the FERS annuity (pension), Social Security, and the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP). The
Where do I apply? You’ve finally decided it’s time to retire. Maybe this day came sooner than expected, or maybe it couldn’t come soon enough.
Once your FERS Supplement ends, should you take Social Security benefits? This really comes down to a case by case basis. As you probably know
What is MRA? Minimum Retirement Age is a threshold that was created for FERS and CSRS to determine a federal employee’s eligibility for retirement. Depending
My understanding is that if I take immediate retirement at MRA before 62, then I will: 1) get the FERS Supplement to my FERS annuity;
“… I recently went over the max earnings on my supplement and when I filled the form out in early June it is expected
“I am retiring on 12/31 at the age of 56 – will my FERS Supplement calculation include 2019 earnings – after they get reported to
Question “I retired from Federal Service under a VERA / VISP in 2017 with over 32 years of Federal Service and my MRA is 56
One of the most frequent questions that we receive from FERS Employees is how do they apply for the FERS Supplement. If you searched
If you were eligible to retire from the Federal Government as a FERS Employee and receive a FERS Supplement, then you are probably aware
“Hello Micah, I am so glad that I happened onto your website. I have read a lot of material and have watched a lot of
“First off, great content on your site! A plethora of information for Federal employees that is extremely invaluable for retirement planning. Regarding the FERS Supplement
What is the Special Retirement Supplement? FERS consists of 3 different components: the FERS annuity (pension), Social Security, and the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP). The
Where do I apply? You’ve finally decided it’s time to retire. Maybe this day came sooner than expected, or maybe it couldn’t come soon enough.
Once your FERS Supplement ends, should you take Social Security benefits? This really comes down to a case by case basis. As you probably know
What is MRA? Minimum Retirement Age is a threshold that was created for FERS and CSRS to determine a federal employee’s eligibility for retirement. Depending
My understanding is that if I take immediate retirement at MRA before 62, then I will: 1) get the FERS Supplement to my FERS annuity;
“… I recently went over the max earnings on my supplement and when I filled the form out in early June it is expected
“I am retiring on 12/31 at the age of 56 – will my FERS Supplement calculation include 2019 earnings – after they get reported to
Question “I retired from Federal Service under a VERA / VISP in 2017 with over 32 years of Federal Service and my MRA is 56
One of the most frequent questions that we receive from FERS Employees is how do they apply for the FERS Supplement. If you searched
If you were eligible to retire from the Federal Government as a FERS Employee and receive a FERS Supplement, then you are probably aware
“Hello Micah, I am so glad that I happened onto your website. I have read a lot of material and have watched a lot of
“First off, great content on your site! A plethora of information for Federal employees that is extremely invaluable for retirement planning. Regarding the FERS Supplement
What is the Special Retirement Supplement? FERS consists of 3 different components: the FERS annuity (pension), Social Security, and the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP). The
Where do I apply? You’ve finally decided it’s time to retire. Maybe this day came sooner than expected, or maybe it couldn’t come soon enough.
Once your FERS Supplement ends, should you take Social Security benefits? This really comes down to a case by case basis. As you probably know
What is MRA? Minimum Retirement Age is a threshold that was created for FERS and CSRS to determine a federal employee’s eligibility for retirement. Depending
My understanding is that if I take immediate retirement at MRA before 62, then I will: 1) get the FERS Supplement to my FERS annuity;
“… I recently went over the max earnings on my supplement and when I filled the form out in early June it is expected
“I am retiring on 12/31 at the age of 56 – will my FERS Supplement calculation include 2019 earnings – after they get reported to
Question “I retired from Federal Service under a VERA / VISP in 2017 with over 32 years of Federal Service and my MRA is 56
One of the most frequent questions that we receive from FERS Employees is how do they apply for the FERS Supplement. If you searched
If you were eligible to retire from the Federal Government as a FERS Employee and receive a FERS Supplement, then you are probably aware
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We have had hundreds of federal employees ask us to discuss the TSP more in-depth so that they can stop “emotionally trading” their accounts.
That is why we created this guide with the most important considerations you need to make when using your TSP as a retirement savings account.