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Decreases in Special Needs Annuity Survivor Advantages If you are married, your advantage will be lowered for a survivor benefit, unless your spouse granted your election of less than a complete survivor annuity. If This Site of the survivor advantage(s) you elect equates to 50% of your advantage, your annuity is reduced by 10%.
Unpaid Service if "made" annuity paid If you have a CSRS part in your annuity, the CSRS part of your advantage will be reduced by 10% of any deposit owed for CSRS non-deduction service carried out prior to October 1, 1982, unless the deposit was paid prior to retirement. Cost of Living Modifications Your annuity will be increased for cost-of-living modifications, if: You are over age 62; or You retired under the special arrangement for air traffic controllers, law enforcement workers, or firefighters; or You retired on disability, other than when you are getting a disability annuity based upon 60% of your high-3 average income.
FERS retirees under age 62 who do not fall into one of the categories above, are not eligible for cost-of-living increases till they reach age 62. If you've been receiving retirement advantages for less than 1 year and are eligible for a cost-of-living adjustment, you'll get a portion of the cost-of-living boost.
This is a combination of the extra details boxes (Pop, Up boxes) available in the Federal Ballpark E$ timate and the assumptions used in the computations. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Annuity Rates Of Interest for TSP and non-TSP A Thrift Savings Strategy (TSP) annuity provides earnings in the kind of monthly payments for as long as you - and your joint annuitant, if you elect an annuity with survivor advantages - are alive.
The factors that impact the amount of the monthly payments consist of: The annuity option you select Your age when your annuity is acquired (and the age of your partner or other joint annuitant) The balance in the TSP account used to purchase your annuity The "interest rate index" when your annuity is bought For purposes of the Federal Ballpark E$ timate, we will provide an estimated annuity based upon Single Life, increasing (inflation protection).