Can You Really Afford Your Federal Retirement?

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By John Talbot
Posted: 09-10-2009

The CSRS and FERS Benefits Calculator and Retirement Planner software program has been used by tens of thousands federal employees, since 1999, to thoroughly investigate the affordability of federal retirement.

The Personal FREE Edition is available to all federal employees, and it includes (in part) these features:
80+ Integrated Benefits and Retirement Planning Calculators,
50+ Report Pages with color graphs,
145+ page Users Manual with detailed Federal Benefits References,
It is a complete program - not a demo,
No registration / No activation required,
No Spyware, and
No Virus'

Benefits Calculated:
Retirement Annuity,
Survivor Benefit,
Social Security,
FERS Supplement,
CSRS Offset,
TSP: contributions, growth, and withdrawal,
FEGLI,
FEHB,
LTC,
Other Sources of Income and Expenses, and
Taxes - Federal and State

Retirement Systems Covered:
CSRS,
CSRS Offset,
FERS, and
CSRS to FERS Transfer

Federal Employees Covered:
Regular,
Postal,
Air Traffic Controllers,
Law Enforcement, and
Firefighters

Retirement Types Covered:
Regular (Voluntary),
Early Out (Optional),
Mandatory, and
MRA +10


You can download the program here: CSRS FERS Benefits Calculator, Retirement Planner for Federal, Postal Employees (you may not be able to install the software on a government computer)