Q. I will have 30 years of service under the Federal Employees Retirement System in three years and am 46 old. If I were to retire at that time, would I have to take a penalty for not having the MRA+10? A. You wouldn’t be eligible to retire. Even though you have 30 years of service, you’d still have to have reached your minimum retirement age to do that. The only exception would be if your agency was granted authority to offer early retirements and your position was one that was included. Then you could retire without an age penalty.
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Q: Thank you for your recent article on key dates for retirement in the Oct. 4 edition of Federal Times. I have a question that wasn’t completely answered by the article. I am a veteran with more than 22 years of active-duty service. I joined the Food and Drug Administration two years ago, so I am under the Federal Employees Retirement System. I turned 51 this year and plan to retire sometime between age 62 and 65. I will not have 20 years of service at age 60, but I certainly will have five years of service at age 62.…
Q: I’m under the Federal Employees Retirement System and plan to retire at minimum retirement age (56) with less than 30 years of service. Is the 5 percent per year penalty based on each year short of 30 years, or is it based on each year short of age 62? I’ve seen it explained both ways. Also, is the actual penalty based on fractions (months) or whole years? A: If you retire under the MRA+10 provision (minimum retirement age with at least 10 years of service), your annuity will be reduced by 5 percent for every year (or 5/12 of…