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Advantages and Disadvantages of FERS MRA+10 and MRA+20 Immediate Retirement
Federal benefits expert, Ed Zurndorfer, discusses the rules for a reduced optional retirement referred to as an MRA+10 or an MRA+20 FERS retirement. This type of immediate retirement allows an eligible FERS employee to receive an immediate annuity as early as the employee’s minimum retirement age and with as little as 10 years of FERS service more…
Federal Employees Can Now Receive Paid Time Off to Vote
Office of Personnel Management announced that federal employees may now receive up to four hours of administrative leave to vote and may now use up to four hours of administrative leave per year to serve as non-partisan poll workers or observers more…
Recently Proposed IRS Regulations on New 10-Year RMD Rule Are a Surprise – Part 3
Federal benefits expert, Ed Zurndorfer, explains how the SECURE Act rules for required minimum distribution affect trusts as IRA and workplace retirement plan beneficiaries more…
62 Democratic Lawmakers Ask for 5.1% Federal Pay Raise in 2023
The request is higher than the White House’s proposal of 4.6% made last month and is supported by many federal employee groups more…
Recently Proposed IRS Regulations on New 10-Year RMD Rule Are a Surprise – Part 2
In part 2 of this 3-part series, federal benefits expert, Ed Zurndorfer, explains RMD rules for inherited Roth IRAs and for successor beneficiaries of traditional inherited IRAs and workplace retirement plan participants such as the Thrift Savings Plan more…
Legislation Would Prohibit TSP From Investing in Russia
If passed, the Terminating Securities from Putin (TSP) Act would bar the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board from establishing any Thrift Savings Plan funds that would include an investment of an entity based in Russia more…
Recently Proposed IRS Regulations on New 10-Year RMD Rule Are a Surprise – Part I
Federal benefits expert, Ed Zurndorfer, explains the major surprise: The IRS’ interpretation of how the 10-year rule for required minimum distributions applies to certain individual retirement accounts and workplace retirement plan beneficiaries more…
House Passes Bill to Increase Catch-Up Contribution Limit and RMD Age for TSP Participants
If signed into law, the SECURE Act 2.0 would increase the required minimum distributions age and increase the limit on catch-up contributions to qualified employer-sponsored retirement plans such as the Thrift Savings Plan more…
How Current and Future Federal Retirees Could Be Affected by the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022
While the new law has no effect on current federal retirees’ health benefits participation and cost, federal benefits expert, Ed Zurndorfer, says chances are good that both current and future federal retirees will be affected by similar reforms in the near future more…