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When Is Your Ideal Retirement Date in 2009?

What about NSPS

PROGRAM
DON
Tue Apr 14, 2009 8:44 AM

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It would be a trade off for CSRS if under NSPS. Get paid for your leave or if you don't retire until 3 January, you're entitled to an NSPS payout because that is the start of the new leave year. Correct?

Re: What about NSPS

Civil Servant
DOD
Wed Apr 15, 2009 1:25 PM
I have been told you have to be on board the Monday (January 4th) after the effective date of the payout (Sunday January 3rd) to be eligible for the NSPS payout. I asked, because I am eligible under CSRS.

If you are CSRS or FERS it will probably affect your timing (selection of retirement date) and whether you can carry over your AL. If CSRS, you can only carry over 240 to CY 2010 if you want to be on board January 4th to receive your payout, because you are in a new "leave year."

Anyone have other information?

When is best day to retire under FERS

Mr Dale Samson
DOT/FAA
Tue Apr 14, 2009 9:35 AM

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If you have annual leave and you max out social security. I say you should retire so that your lump sum payment for leave comes during the year that you payed your social security. If you wait and receive the lump sum payment next year, then you will have to pay social security on that money. retire October 31 or November 30, so that you get your lump sum without the social security penalty.

IDEAL RETIREMENT DATE IN 2009

Human resources assistant
dept of navy
Tue Apr 14, 2009 9:46 AM

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I plan to retire 02 Aug 2009. Since 02 Aug is on a Sunday will I not get paid for that day.

Re: IDEAL RETIREMENT DATE IN 2009

Computer Scientist
DON
Tue Apr 14, 2009 11:40 AM
If I understand it correctly, if you retire on Aug 02, your annuity starts Aug 03, so you would lose two days of annuity (Aug 02 and 03). If you retire on July 31 (which I'm planning on), your annuity starts Aug 01, so you wouldn't lose any days in August. This is similar to the author's example at the end of the article.

Re: IDEAL RETIREMENT DATE IN 2009

Computer Scientist
DON
Tue Apr 14, 2009 5:52 PM
oops, I meant to say "you would lose two days of annuity (Aug 01 and 02)", not "you would lose two days of annuity (Aug 02 and 03)".

Additional consideration for retirement date

Social Worker
VA
Tue Apr 14, 2009 9:48 AM

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Wouldn't you lose a day of annual leave if you do not retire on the last day of a pay period?

If so, it might be better under CSRS to retire on 1/2/10, giving up one day of annuity pay, but receiving the extra day of annual leave which would be computed at the 20010 salary increase.

Re: Additional consideration for retirement date

Computer Scientist
DON
Tue Apr 14, 2009 11:26 AM
According to the article on the following link, you can retire on a Friday and still accrue 8 hours annual leave:
http://www.fedsmith.com/article/657/

The BEST day to retire?

Technical Training Advisor
FAA
Tue Apr 14, 2009 9:59 AM

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There are both tangible and intagible things that enter into the calculations. While JAN 01,2010 is the most fiscally beneficial ... there is also a certain poetry to July 03, 2009. It is the end of a payperiod, the 3rd day of the month and the next day is Independence Day.

CSRS Retirement - Annual leave payouts

Program Analyst
DOD
Tue Apr 14, 2009 11:46 AM

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If an employee is in a BRAC'd organization and they have been saving their use or lose for three years -- will the payout be based on an hour for hour or is there a limit on what can be earned and paid. So far a total of 456 hours has been saved, with the intention of saving two more years of the use or lose of 208 (416), plus the 240 reserve. This would bring the total payout to a little over 1100 hours of annual leave to be paid out.

TSP payments cannot, by law, be taken out of lump

Chief, Financial Systems Branch
USMEPCOM
Tue Apr 14, 2009 12:22 PM

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I believe that a CSRS employee may roll-over his/her lump sum annual leave into the TSP Fund(s) during the final stages of retirement from civil service. After retiring, and if age 59 1/2, the employee can then withdrawal his/her TSP funds, and then pay the required Federal taxes.

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