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Federal Retirement Benefits Articles
by Edward A. Zurndorfer
Edward A. Zurndorfer is a contributing author to My Federal
Retirement.
Ed is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP). an instructor of
many federal employee retirement seminars for the National Institute of
Transition Planning, a weekly columnist for Federal Employees News Digest, an
author of numerous books for 1105 Media's Government Publications Group, and is
the moderator of the Q&A forum on FederalSoup.com. Ed is also a retired
federal employee with 32 years of service at the Department of Commerce, and a
former columnist for Federal Times.
You can receive Ed's columns free by
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TSP Financial Hardship Withdrawals: The "Real" Cost
Edward A. Zurndorfer, Certified Financial Planner
Federal employees are making in-service financial hardship withdrawals from their Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) at a greater pace during 2010 compared to previous years. Federal benefits expert, Ed Zurndorfer, discourages federal employees from raiding their TSP accounts for this purpose -- giving insight to the "real" cost and consequences . . . more
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Federal Employees Are Being Misinformed About Life Insurance (FEGLI) Death Benefits
Edward A. Zurndorfer, Certified Financial Planner
Federal benefits expert, Ed Zurndorfer, reveals how the use of "retained asset" accounts for beneficiaries from the life insurance company contracted by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for the Federal Employees Group Life Insurance program (FEGLI) is in the provider's corporate investment account (which is not backed by FDIC insurance) -- and why OPM has an obligation to clear up the misleading language in its FEGLI handbook for federal employees . . . more
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Student Loans for Higher Education Gets Easier and Less Expensive for Federal Employees
Edward A. Zurndorfer, Certified Financial Planner
Federal benefits expert, Ed Zurndorfer, explains how recent changes to the student loan program will hopefully ease federal employees' anxieties about being able to pay for the cost of their children's higher education. With these changes, employees who may have been focusing on saving for and paying for their children's higher education may now instead focus on saving sufficiently for their retirement . . . more
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Does Rolling Over Your TSP Account to a Traditional IRA Make Financial Sense?
Edward A. Zurndorfer, Certified Financial Planner
Many federal employees who are getting close to their retirement date or who are contemplating leaving federal service face the question of what to do with their Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) accounts. One withdrawal option is to rollover or to transfer their TSP accounts to a traditional IRA. Does a rollover or a transfer of the TSP to a traditional IRA make good financial sense? Federal benefits expert, Ed Zurndorfer, discusses the advantages and disadvantages. . . . more
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How National Health Care Reform Will Affect Federal Employees
Edward A. Zurndorfer, Certified Financial Planner
Many federal employees will see changes to their health care benefits most likely starting next January due to the new health care reform law. While it is somewhat early to know precisely what the full impact of it will be, federal benefits expert, Ed Zurndorfer, says it's not too early for federal employees to consider some of the financial consequences, along with some possible financial planning strategies for managing these consequences . . . more
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Guide to Transferring Money Into the TSP
Edward A. Zurndorfer, Certified Financial Planner
What kind of funds can you transfer (or rollover) into your Thrift Savings Plan account? What are the rules and limits? What are the advantages of doing so? Federal benefits expert, Ed Zurndorfer, provides insight . . . more
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OPM Discovers Errors In Its Deposit and Redeposit Interest Calculations
Edward A. Zurndorfer, Certified Financial Planner
In early 2008, the Office of Personnel Management discovered an error in the manner in which its computers calculated interest charges on deposits and redeposits. The result: some employee account holders may have overpaid interest on one type of service and underpaid interest on another type of service. Federal benefits expert, Ed Zurndorfer, outlines the problem, and provides specific steps affected employees should take to resolve the issue . . . more
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Will New Voluntary FEHB Option Be Helpful to Federal Annuitants Eligible for Medicare?
Edward Zurndorfer, Certified Financial Planner
While the National Association of Active and Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) stated this option would save money for federal retirees, federal benefits and tax expert, Ed Zurndorfer, provides insight why it will most likely significantly increase the overall health care costs to the average federal annuitant enrolled in Medicare in the form of higher deductibles, co-payments and co-insurance . . . more
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Some Last Minute Tax Filing Reminders
Edward A. Zurndorfer, Certified Financial Planner
Federal benefits and tax expert, Ed Zurndorfer, provides some last minute filings tips for those individuals who have not year filed their 2009 federal and state income tax returns. . . . more
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Dependents of Federal Employees and Retirees May Be Subject to the "Kiddie" Tax
Edward A. Zurndorfer, Certified Financial Planner
While the "kiddie" tax has been part of the Internal Revenue Code since 1986, in recent years Congress has increased the number of individuals subject to it. Federal benefits and tax expert, Ed Zurndorfer, discusses what the kiddie tax is, and the advantages/disadvantages of reporting a child's income on the parent's tax return . . . more
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