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If eligible, a retiring CSRS or FERS employee may elect to receive the alternative form of a CSRS or FERS…
A recent column (“How CSRS and FERS Retirement Annuities Are Taxed”) discusses how CSRS and FERS non-disability retirement annuities are…
Both CSRS/CSRS Offset and FERS employees contribute to their respective retirement systems via payroll deduction. Each pay date, a portion…
A review of the various factors that go into choosing an ideal date to retire from federal service PENSION: how…
The government shutdown is delaying the announcement for the 2026 federal retiree cost-of-living adjustment which affects those retired under the…
As a result of the passage of the Social Security Fairness Act of 2023 (SSFA) (signed into law on January…
Federal employees who leave federal service before they are eligible to retire can apply for a refund of their CSRS…
A model of estimating the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for retirees points to a 2.5% COLA increase for 2026. “This figure…
Federal Retiree COLA History Year CSRS COLA FERS COLA 2025 2.5 2.0 2024 3.2 2.2 2023 8.7 7.7 2022 5.9…
The 2025 federal retiree cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will be 2.5 percent for those under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS)…