While the 2023 federal retiree cost-of-living adjustment increase was the largest in nearly four decades, a new survey suggests that American retirees are worried that it’s not enough to cover rising costs this year more…
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TSP.gov Login: Access Your Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) Account Online
UPDATED: Feb. 24, 2023 The account access section of the TSP website allows you to access… more…
How to File a Tax Return for An Individual Who Died During 2022
Ed Zurndorfer discusses the rules for filing the federal income return (Form 1040) for an individual who died — including who can make the filing, the requirements, reporting income, and deductions/credits more…
Reporting Interest Income on the 2022 Federal Income Tax Return
Ed Zurndorfer outlines the various forms of taxable interest income including bonds, CDs, money market funds, US savings bonds and others more…
Lawmaker Reintroduces Equal COLA Act for Federal Retirees
If passed, the legislation would guarantee that federal retirees in the Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS) and the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) both receive the same annual percentage cost of living adjustment each year more…
Lawmakers Want to Provide Federal Employees 12 Weeks of Paid Family and Medical Leave
For federal employees, while parental leave is paid due to the Federal Employee Paid Leave Act in 2019, family and medical leave is unpaid more…
Federal Income Tax Filing Status and Issues for Tax Year 2022
Ed Zurndorfer explains the various filing statuses, their advantages and disadvantages — plus the importance of evaluating them before filing more…
Personal Exemptions and Dependents on the 2022 Federal Income Tax Return
Ed Zurndorfer outlines the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code that allow a personal exemption on federal income tax returns more…
NARFE Urges Lawmakers to Repeal Social Security’s Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO)
The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association sent a letter to all returning House members last month to support reintroduced legislation that would repeal the WEP and GPO provisions of Social Security more…
Who Must File a 2022 Federal Income Tax Return, When and How?
Ed Zurndorfer outlines the various federal income tax filing requirements and exceptions more…