Legislation Introduced to Provide Tax Break to Some Federal Employees
Recently introduced legislation would prevent certain federal employees from having to pay additional income taxes on relocation expenses.
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Recently introduced legislation would prevent certain federal employees from having to pay additional income taxes on relocation expenses.
The House and Senate appear to be going in different directions on a federal employee pay raise in 2019. Here is an update.
Federal employees can borrow against their TSP accounts to raise cash. However, the author advises that this is not a good idea.
OPM is proposing to add about 64,000 federal employees to the locality pay system for GS employees.
The S fund performed well in May and for the year. The I fund did not. Here are the results.
Another effort is being made in Congress to give federal employees paid leave for the birth or adoption of a child.
Self plus one premiums in FEHB are often higher than you might expect. The author says it’s due in part to segmenting in the insurance underwriting process.
A Senate spending bill that contains a pay raise for federal employees in 2019 has taken another step forward.
A pay freeze was proposed for 2019. Could federal employees still see a raise next year?
A group of Senators have voiced their opposition to OPM’s proposed benefits cuts for federal workers.