What Should You Do If Your Spouse Dies and You Have a Spousal Annuity?
If your spouse dies (no children) and you have a spousal annuity, what should you do?
Q&A
Q&A from FedSmith authors addressing readers’ questions. We share them here to help you with your federal career or retirement planning.
Night Differential and Annual Leave
Will I be paid night pay if I have annual leave for the whole pay period (80 hours); night tour is my regular shift?
Military Buy Back and Your Future Annuity
At my minimum retirement age, I will have 29 years and I am eligible to buy back some military time. If I buy back the time, will it count towards the 30 years needed at MRA to be eligible for the special retirement supplement?
Night Differential and Change in Shift for FWS Employees
Housekeeping aides received night differential pay, but the payroll office disagreed with paying the differential. What are your thoughts?
Social Security and FERS Supplement
I will receive the FERS supplement until age 62. I plan to wait until my full retirement age of 66 years 2 months to consider filing for Social Security. Can I file a restricted application for my spouse’s Social Security benefit and delay filing for my own Social Security benefit until age 70, allowing my benefit to continue to grow?
Withdrawing TSP Funds Without a Penalty
If I retire when I am eligible but do not withdraw my TSP funds can I still do so when I turn 55 without a penalty?
Social Security Supplement and the Social Security Earnings Test
I’m currently 51 years old, planning to retire the year I turn 55. Will the social security supplement be subject to the social security earnings test?
Extra Pay Period in 2015 and Your TSP Contribution Schedule
I am getting conflicting information regarding the extra pay period in 2015 as it relates to setting my TSP contributions for the year – are you absolutely certain there will be an extra pay period?
What is the Best Date to Retire?
I am planing to retire this FY. I am trying to determine if hanging until Jan. 10, 2015 for full lump sum (448 hours) is a better option than going 12/31/14 which would obviously get my annuity started 1 month earlier.
Planning End-of-Year TSP Contributions
I am trying to plan my TSP contributions accordingly. 1-JAN-16 is a Friday and nominally a Pay Day. But given it’s a holiday, will the payday be moved to 31-DEC-15?
