Federal Retirees: Will You Receive a Full or Prorated COLA?
The 2018 COLA increase will be reflected in payments for federal retirees in January 2018. Some will receive a full COLA; others will receive a prorated COLA.
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.
The 2018 COLA increase will be reflected in payments for federal retirees in January 2018. Some will receive a full COLA; others will receive a prorated COLA.
Another attempt is being made in Congress to change COLA increases to use the CPI-E in an effort to help retirees. Is this a good idea?
When does it make sense to work with a financial planner for retirement? The author provides some considerations on when you may or may not want to use one.
The author says that what he describes as double taxation of Social Security benefits is unfair, but Congress has little option to address the situation.
Two major hurricanes were a big factor in a higher COLA for federal retirees in 2018. The author explains how this happened.
The 2018 cost of living adjustment for federal retirees will be 2%.
Prevention is often more valuable than a cure. The author explains ways to apply this concept to your retirement planning.
I’m a FERS employee who has worked part time for part of my federal career. How does this affect my length of service and the way my FERS annuity is computed?
OPM made slight progress in reducing the backlog of outstanding retirement claims in September.
Last year I contributed the max to a Roth IRA, but it turned out that my income was too high to contribute. Is it too late for me to fix this?