Q. I have a little over 13 years of FERS service. I am 51 years old. I originally planned on retiring at 56 (MRA+10) but I have recently been contemplating retiring now under a deferred retirement.
1. If I retire now (deferred), will I be able to draw the retirement at 56, or will I have to wait until age 62?
2. If I choose to withdraw my retirement versus defer it, is there a calculator somewhere that can give me a general idea of how much I would get?
A. You can’t retire. What you can do is resign from the government, leave your retirement contributions in the fund and apply for a deferred annuity at age 62. There isn’t any calculator that would tell you what you’d receive if you took a refund of your retirement contributions. What I can tell you is that you’d receive every penny you contributed to the fund plus accrued interest based on variable market rates set by the Department of the Treasury.
