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Social Security Benefits

Understanding Social Security Benefits is essential for integrating them with your FERS pension. Find out how your Social Security benefits are calculated, what is the best age to start claiming, and how they interact with your federal retirement.

Optimizing your Social Security benefits can provide additional financial security. If you want to learn more, check out our podcasts and articles.

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FERS Supplement

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

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FERS MRA

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

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FERS Contributions

What is my FERS contribution? Depending on your start date, your contribution will be either be 0.8%, 3.1%, or 4.4% to FERS. The chart below

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CSRS Survivor Benefits

Ep #8: Q&A

Today Micah and Tammy are opening up the mailbag to answer your most burning questions about federal retirement. A few people wrote in asking about

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FERS Supplement

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

Read More »

FERS MRA

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

Read More »

FERS Contributions

What is my FERS contribution? Depending on your start date, your contribution will be either be 0.8%, 3.1%, or 4.4% to FERS. The chart below

Read More »
CSRS Survivor Benefits

Ep #8: Q&A

Today Micah and Tammy are opening up the mailbag to answer your most burning questions about federal retirement. A few people wrote in asking about

Read More »

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