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CSRS Creditable Service

Determining the amount of your CSRS creditable service is a key element in planning for your retirement.

It is important to realize that while some service is creditable towards your retirement eligibility, it is not necessarily creditiable towards computing your CSRS annnuity.

CSRS Creditable Service Treatment

CSRS Refund of Employee Retirement Contributions
Edward A. Zurndorfer, CFP
Learn the ins and outs of how a refund payment is made for a CSRS employee's retirement contributions when the employee leaves federal service before he or she is able to retire . . . more

What Is a Deposit and When Is It Required? CSRS and CSRS-Offset
Edward A. Zurndorfer, CFP
Learn whether a CSRS or CSRS-Offset covered employee is required to make a deposit to get retirement credit for time served and the important consequences if a deposit is not made. Practical examples are included . . . more

CSRS Creditable Service Flow Chart
Confused about the complicated rules for CSRS Creditable Service? Use this handy flow chart. To download a PDF version of this A . . . more

CSRS: Procedures for Making a Civilian Service Deposit or Redeposit
Below are the typical steps for making a CSRS civilian service deposit or redeposit. Step 1: Obtain form SF 2803, Application to Make Dep . . . more

CSRS Part-Time Service Credit
Part-time service performed before or after April 7, 1986 determines credit for annuity computation. . . . more

CSRS Redeposit Service (Refunded Service)
Employees pays the government back for retirement contributions that were previously withdrawn. . . . more

CSRS: Military Service Credit (Military Service "Buy-Back")
As a general rule, military service is creditable, provided it was active duty and ended with an honorable discharge . . . more

CSRS Unused Sick Leave Credit
As an employee under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS), you can accrue an unlimited amount of unused sick leave. If you retire on an immediate annuit . . . more

How to Convert Unused Sick Leave Into Additional Service (CSRS)
Table for converting unused sick leave into additional service. . . . more

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