by Gary Raetz | Jan 13, 2020 | Financial Health, Retirement
Federal employees already know that they will potentially draw income from three separate streams in retirement; their pension, Social Security, and withdrawals from the Thrift Savings Plan will provide income security for most. But like everyone else, income taxes...
by Gary Raetz | Sep 4, 2019 | Retirement, Retirement Income
One benefit enjoyed by federal employees is the ability to retire and claim their annuity payments after reaching 30 years of service and their minimum retirement age (56 or 57 for most FERS current employees). For many individuals this could translate into an earlier...
by Gary Raetz | Sep 17, 2018 | Retirement
The good news is that you enjoy one of the most comprehensive retirement systems in the country! But the “bad news” is that its complexity can leave you feeling confused, or cause you to miss out on important information. That’s why we work hard to communicate with...
by Gary Raetz | Mar 6, 2018 | Retirement, Retirement Income
For many of us, it’s hard to imagine life before the invention of Social Security in 1935. Federal employees, like you, did have a retirement system in place beginning way back in 1920. Once the the FERS system was introduced in 1986, federal employee retirement...
by Gary Raetz | Feb 5, 2018 | Retirement
When is your expected retirement date? Whether you’ll be retiring in just a few years, or you still have a decade or more to go, one thing is certain: Retirement is one life situation for which we all need to plan. So how do you know whether your plans are on the...
by Gary Raetz | May 1, 2017 | Retirement
When life gets busy, do you notice a little pile of mail growing on your desk, on the kitchen counter, or on the corner of your dresser? We all have that spot where untended documents tend to accumulate. But if your bank statements often end up in that spot, untouched...
