Over the past year, the IRS has significantly increased penalties on underpayment of both estimated tax payments and federal income withholding from salary and retirement income. Individuals who are required to make quarterly estimated payments (due dates each year are ... Read More

The U.S. government launched the Federal Employees’ Group Live Insurance Program (FEGLI) during the mid-1950s to provide group life insurance for federal employees and their families. FEGLI can be an affordable and effective tool to help protect your family in the face ... Read More

This is the third of three FEDZONE columns presenting guidance for family members of deceased annuitants (federal employees who retired and receiving either a CSRS or FERS annuity at the time of their death) and the tasks that have to ... Read More

This is the second of three FEDZONE columns presenting guidance for family members of deceased annuitants (federal employees who retired and were receiving either a CSRS or FERS annuity at the time of their death) and the tasks that have ... Read More

One of the unfortunate life events that individuals experience at some point of their lives is the death of a loved one – a parent, sibling, child, or a spouse. For relatives of deceased federal annuitants, there will most likely ... Read More

Katelyn and Jen delve into the intricate details of the FERS survivor annuity supplement and explore the complexities of life insurance The Fed15 Podcast (Ep. 51): FERS Annuity Supplements and Life Insurance Jen discusses the purpose of FERS survivor annuity ... Read More

What feds need to know about Medicare Advantage plans. No, I don’t mean your dear mother; in this case, I mean Medicare Advantage. Or to be more specific, the Medicare Advantage plans that are currently available within the Federal Employees ... Read More

The Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 (PSRA) created a new group-sponsored health insurance plan, the Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) program. The PSHB is a new and separate program within the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) program, administered by ... Read More

For the Fourth Consecutive Year, IRS Waives RMDs for Beneficiaries of Inherited Traditional IRAs For the fourth year in a row, the IRS has provided relief on required minimum distributions (RMDs) for non-eligible designated beneficiaries (NEDBs) of inherited traditional IRAs ... Read More