How is My “High-3 Average Pay” Calculated? (Part 2)
In the second article in the series, the author goes into some additional detail about the three basic aspects of the high-3 average pay calculation.
Federal employee retirement news: news about retirement-related topics as it pertains to employees of the federal government. Topics include FERS, CSRS, the latest TSP performance, annual COLA updates, and more.
In the second article in the series, the author goes into some additional detail about the three basic aspects of the high-3 average pay calculation.
The House Republican Study Committee has released its 2014 budget blueprint which includes a number of proposed changes that would impact the federal workforce.
Facebook is one of the top holdings in the S Fund. The author offers some detail on what this means for TSP investors.
The author details what you can expect to happen to your federal benefits if you leave your government job before retiring.
The author, who is a retired federal employee, recounts how he left his government career to start a coffee farm in Colombia, South America.
Should the earnings cap for paying Social Security taxes be raised? The author says it has a downside and offers an analysis with examples.
Your TSP can be affected by the investment allocation decisions you make. Here are several things to consider before setting an allocation strategy.
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has introduced legislation that would require Americans making $250,000 per year or more to contribute the 6.2% payroll tax to Social Security.
Can a federal employee accumulate more than a million dollars in a TSP account? 562 have done so, more than double the number that existed in early 2012. Their average tenure as a federal employee: 24.8 years.
The outstanding inventory of retirement claims jumped 14% in February according to the latest monthly status report from OPM.