Mid-Career Retirement Planning Seminar

Seminar Highlights and Objectives

The Mid-Career Retirement Planning seminar may be held as a 1-day or 2-day seminar. The seminar can also be designed to focus only on CSRS/CSRS Offset employees or FERS employees.

The first day of GRB's Mid-Career Retirement Planning seminar provides participants with a detailed understanding of the benefits they are entitled to under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and/or the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), Social Security, Long Term Care Insurance, the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), the Federal Employees Health Benefits program (FEHB), the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance program (FEGLI), and the Flexible Spending Account program.

The second day of the seminar is devoted to financial planning topics. These topics include insurance planning, tax planning, investment planning, and estate planning.

Who Should Attend

The seminar focuses on employees (and/or special group employees) who are approximately within 10-15 years of retirement.

Seminar Dates and Locations

This seminar is offered by GRB for on-site presentation at your agency. GRB can design or tailor seminars to meet your unique needs. If you do not have a sufficient number of employees at your agency to justify on-site training, you may wish to sponsor on-site training for other Federal employees in your geographic area.

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AGENDA (Day One)

FERS/CSRS Retirement Benefits

  • Eligibility for Retirement
  • Computation of Annuity
  • Determining High-3
  • Survivor Benefits
  • Creditable Service
  • Deposits/Redeposits
  • Cost-of-Living Adjustments

Social Security

  • Eligibility Requirements
  • Description of Benefits
  • Government Pension Offset
  • Computation of Benefits
  • Windfall Elimination Provision
  • Survivor Benefits
  • Earnings Limitation
  • Taxability

Thrift Savings Plan

  • Withdrawal Options At Seperation
  • Employee/Employer Contributions
  • Tax Status of Contributions
  • Investment Options/Considerations
  • Open Season Elections/Interfund Transfers
  • Loan Program
  • Payout Options/Tax Consequences
  • Death Benefits

Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance

  • Continuing Into Retirement
  • Payment/Beneficiaries

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program

  • Continuing Coverage Into Retirement
  • Continued Coverage for Survivors

Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program

  • Program Features
  • Coverage in Retirement
  • coverage for survivors

Medicare

  • Description of Coverage
  • Coordination weith FEHB
  • When to Apply
  • Impact of new Medicare Changes

Long Term Care Insurance

  • Description Of Benefits
  • Continuing into Retirement

AGENDA (Day Two)
Financial Planning

Introduction

  • Can I Afford to Retire
  • Income/Expenses
  • Traps to Avoid

Savings & Money Management

  • Saving vs. Investing
  • Savings Acounts
  • Emergency Fund
  • Debt Management

Process Of Financial Planning

  • Inventory Assets/Liabilityt
  • Income/Expenses
  • Financial Goals
  • Implement the Plan
  • Financial Planners

Investment Planning

  • The Investment Process
  • Understanding Risk
  • Diversification
  • Asset Allocation
  • Types of Investments

Investment Stratagies

  • Dversification
  • Asset Allocation
  • Rebalancing
  • Dollar Cost Averaging

Investment Options

  • The Investment Proccess
  • Understanding Risk
  • Diversification
  • Asset Allocation
  • Types Of Investments

Tax Planning

  • Determining your tax bracket
  • Efective vs. Marginal Rates
  • Capital Gaines Tax Rates
  • Educational Savings

Estate Planning

  • Basic Documents in Estate Plan
  • Wills
  • Trusts
  • Living Wills/Durable Power Of Attorney
  • Estates/Gift Taxes
 
 


 

 

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