Q. I was in the Air National Guard for 7½ years. I have been AD for 13½ years now with a credit of 1½ years for Air National Guard time. A total of 15 years toward retirement. Before I joined AD, I worked for the Veterans Affairs for 18 months. Would any of the time I accrued at VA count toward retirement?
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Q. I was active-duty military from February 1976 to February 1980. Then, from February 1980 to 1982, I was a temp employee. In February 1982, I was made permanent in the same position and placed in CSRS, where I remain today. I have paid both deposits for my military and temp time and my service computation date is February 1976. I read in your column where employees have been placed in the wrong retirement system and wanted to confirm I’ve been placed correctly in CSRS.
Q. Can federal years of service in the 1970s be added to current state years of service toward retirement?
Q. When I retire, I will have 36 years under CSRS. I have tried reading on the tax-free annuity part on the 1099-R. I will fall under the simplified method, and the chart for me shows a $310-a-month figure. I multiply this by 12 to get my tax-free annuity figure. What do I subtract this off of, and what will it do for me?
Q. I am retiring under CSRS in February. With my three years, 11 months and 10 days in the Navy, plus sick leave, I will have 42 years and eight months CSRS and be 62 years and five months old. On advice of our HR office, I never paid my military deposit back since I was planning on retiring federal and only had 31 Social Security credits. I have looked in the Office of Personnel Management site and the Fedweek CSRS retirement manual and neither says it will not reduce my annuity if I don’t pay the deposit. Can you help?
Q. I need information as to how Medicare Part B premiums are paid when the following applies, per CMS.HHS: “If you are not set up on your spouse’s Social Security number with a B or D following the Medicare number.” My wife’s Medicare Part B card has a B following the Medicare number. When my wife retires from the Postal Service with an immediate CSRS annuity, her Social Security benefit, which is now used to pay the Part B premiums, will be greatly reduced due to the windfall elimination provision. If she cannot have the premiums deducted from her Social Security benefit, is there some other…
Q. I got my first federal permanent position in January 1986 and was put in CSRS Interim. I should have been put in FERS in 1987 automatically, and I also elected FERS explicitly. For 1987, I was erroneously put in CSRS. For 1988 forward, I’ve been in FERS correctly. What happens if I get the 1987 error corrected? I’ve seen lots of info about this situation for people who are covered by the Federal Erroneous Retirement Coverage Corrections Act, but I’m not. I wasn’t in the wrong plan for long enough.
Q. I served in the Air Force in active duty for almost five years before moving to CSRS. By the time I retire, I will have 40+ years under CSRS without including my active-duty military time (It would be 45+ years total federal service if I decide to by back the time). Will I be penalized if I do not buy back my five yrs active-duty time. In other words, will my retirement annuity be reduced?
Q. I’m a retired federal employee (CSRS). My wife and I both have federal health insurance. My wife is still working (self-employed) and will be turning 65 this year. She went to sign up for Medicare and was told she had to also sign up for Medicare Part B or be penalized even though we have health insurance through Blue Cross/Blue Shield. Social Security Administration said if I was still actively federally employed, she would not be required to take Part B and there would be no penalty. Another person she spoke with from SSA said she is not required…
Q. After 40 years and 11 months of federal service, you are maxed out at 80 percent. Any CSRS held from your check after that is paid plus 3 percent interest, and the only money taxed is the interest, correct? If you take payment in a lump sum, is it usually paid as fast as the annual leave payment?