19 Things to Cut When Money Gets Tight (Most People Ignore #11)
Federal benefits expert, Ed Zurndorfer,discusses why reviewing the status of one’s traditional IRAs is important for retirement planning purposes more…
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Strategies to Avoid TSP Required Minimum Distributions and Minimize Medicare Part B Premiums
Federal benefits expert, Ed Zurndorfer, outlines ways federal annuitants can use traditional IRAs to avoid Thrift Savings Plan RMDs and reduce their Medicare Part B premium costs more…
Your Federal Retirement Annuity: CSRS and FERS
Need to brush up on the federal retirement eligibility rules or how your retirement annuity will be calculated? This video can help. more…
How to Avoid Costly Mistakes with Inherited IRAs
Federal benefits expert, Ed Zurndorfer, describes how to avoid the most expensive mistakes with inherited IRAs (that once made, cannot be fixed.) Options for what to do with an inherited IRA are also discussed more…
The Financial Consequences of Early Retirement and Buyouts
Federal benefits expert, Ed Zurndorfer, discusses some of the financial consequences of an early out retirement to help eligible federal employees make the right decision more…
White House Confirms Proposed 1.9% Federal Pay Raise for 2018
Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney confirmed reports last week that President Trump’s fiscal budget request will include an across-the-board 1.9 percent pay raise for federal employees in 2018. The 2018 federal pay raise would start in January 2018 unless Congress proposes a different amount during the budget process this year. In February, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) reintroduced the Federal Adjustment of Income Rates (FAIR) Act, that would provide a 3.2% increase in 2018. It it not known how the across-the-board 1.9 percent pay raise would be allocated in General Schedule base pay and locality pay. more…
FEHB and Medicare: How They Work Together for Federal Employees
A brief overview of how the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Plan and Medicare work together. Includes a handy FEHB and Medicare primary payer reference chart. more…
Trump’s 2018 Budget Proposal Raises Concern for Layoffs and Retirement Planning for Federal Employees
The Trump administration this week released its first budget blueprint for fiscal year 2018 which… more…
How to Work Yourself Right Out of the FERS Special Retirement Supplement (SRS)
Learn how getting another job after federal service can affect benefits such as the FERS Special Retirement Supplement more…
Why Federal Employees Should Consider Enrolling in a Health Care Flexible Spending Account for 2017
Federal benefits expert, Ed Zurndorfer, discusses health care flexible spending accounts and how HCFSAs can benefit all federal employees, including those employees not enrolled in the Federal Employees Health Benefits program more…