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How The Inflation Reduction Act Is Affecting The Cost Of Prescription Drugs

How the Inflation Reduction Act Is Affecting the Cost of Prescription Drugs During 2026

Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage started in 2006, more than 40 years after...

I Fund

TSP Funds Explained: What is the I Fund?

Over the past several weeks, we’ve explored the five core investment options available within the...

Understanding Basis In Traditional Iras

Understanding “Basis” in Traditional IRAs and Why “Basis” Is Important for Inherited Traditional IRAs

Traditional IRAs are classified into two types: (1) Deductible and (2) Nondeductible. Deductible traditional...

Planning For Retirement Income

Planning for Retirement Income: Understanding OPM Interim Payments

One of the biggest surprises many new federal retirees encounter isn’t whether they’ll receive their...

S Fund

TSP Funds Explained: What is the S Fund?

Throughout this series, we’ve explored how each of the Thrift Savings Plan’s core investment funds...

Dolly Parton

Saint Dolly: Celebrating Dolly Parton and a Legacy of Giving

At the bright, young age of 10 years old, I found myself standing in the...

C Fund

TSP Funds Explained: What is the C Fund?

Welcome back to the third installment of our series on the TSP Funds! In Part...

Trump Accounts Vs 529 College Savings Plans

Trump Accounts Versus 529 College Savings Plans

There are different savings options to help pay for a child’s future financial needs....

Sun Sets On Form 3107

The Sun Sets on Form 3107: What Federal Employees Need to Know About OPM’s New Digital Retirement Process

For generations, retiring from federal service meant navigating a mountain of paperwork. Retirement applications were...

F Fund

TSP Funds Explained: What is the F Fund?

In Part 1 of our five-week series on the TSP funds, we explored the G...

G Fund

TSP Funds Explained: What is the G Fund?

The Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) offers federal employees and members of the uniformed services a...

Parents And Grandparents Should Beware Of The Kiddie Tax When Helping Their Children And Grandchildren

Parents and Grandparents Should Beware of the “Kiddie Tax” When Helping Their Children and Grandchildren

At this time of year with the start of the fall semester for colleges and...

Could Medicare Advantage Become The Default For Federal Retirees

Could Medicare Advantage Become the Default for Federal Retirees?

If you’ve been following healthcare policy lately, you may have seen headlines about a proposal...

A Guide To The Eight Us Uniformed Services (002)

A Guide to the Eight U.S. Uniformed Services and Their Financial Benefits

When most people think of the uniformed services, they immediately think of the military. While...

A Uniformed Services Benefits Primer (002)

A Uniformed Services Benefits Primer: What Every Service Member Should Know

Understanding your benefits is essential to making informed financial decisions. The Uniformed Services offer one...

Understanding The Tax Consequences Of College Scholarships And Financial Assistance

Understanding the Tax Consequences of College Scholarships and Financial Assistance

A federal employee has a child entering college this fall. The child is fortunate to...

Understanding The New Fers Rules For Deferred Retirement (1)

Understanding the New FERS Rules for Deferred Retirement

Over the years and particularly over the last 18 months, there have been thousands of ...

two people working in a coffee shop

Working in Retirement? Watch for These Tax Surprises

Retirement no longer means every Fed stops working on the last day of federal service....

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