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What is an annuity? Some say it is an income, some say it is a savings instrument and others say it is an investment. The answer, it can be any and all of these. First, lets define annuity. The Romans awarded annuities to their loyal citizens; we might call it a pension now. When a […]
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I am going to tell you a story. Adam is a good family man, he believes in the traditional family values, and he loves his wife and 3 small children. Like all young marrieds, they struggle with house payments, car payments on the family van and day to day expenses. He is the main bread
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We are asked many times if the employee can carry FEGLI into retirement. The answer is yes, however, a larger question should be; ‘SHOULD YOU CARRY FEGLI INTO RETIRMENT? First, before you make this important decision, you need to clarify, for yourself, three basic things: 1) Is there need? 2. What is the cost? 3.
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Question: “What are the 3 irreversible mistakes to avoid for federal retirement?” Your question asked for three irreversible mistakes, but the fourth mistake could be the one most important to you, so I will list 10 of the mistakes we see most often. Not having a plan Know your pre-retirement budget and your post retirement
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How many federal employees suffer from injury, illness or old war wounds, inherited traits that can build to make working difficult to impossible. Each month, many fed employees tell me they work under these conditions, many times in secret, because the income is needed. I get it, so maybe this article can help someone that
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The long-awaited Postal Reform Act has been signed by President Biden. The USPS was burdened a decade ago when congress required the postal service to “Pre-Fund” retirement FEHB into the future, beyond the horizon. The result was that the Postal Service was unable to make a profit, therefore faced a complete shutdown. There are many
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Terry, from Atlanta writes: Can I Receive Passive Income While Collecting Social Security? A good question, one that has portions to it, let me clarify. Once you achieve Full Retirement Age (FRA) your Social Security is taxed as ordinary income, however, if you are drawing social security prior to FRA, then you may have some
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If you are counting on converting from your Traditional TSP into a TSP Roth, I have some news for you… You cannot. TSP has no provision and indeed prevents anyone from converting the Traditional TSP to a ROTH. If this is important to you, you will have to transfer out of TSP into an IRA
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TSP Contributions The IRS has raised the standard investment limit for the TSP and other 401(k) type retirement savings plan to $20,500 for 2022, up from the current $19,500. The Catch-Up maximum has not been announced. ROTH contributions The maximum amount you can contribute to a Roth IRA for 2022 is $6,000 if you’re younger than
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When a federal employee or military personnel retire, the first question asked is “What health care provider will I need? These people have choices, which may not be totally clear to everyone, so let’s explore the options: Medicare Supplement insurance plans generally cover some or all of your out-of-pocket costs with Part A and Part
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