Fed Pilot Podcast
The Fed Pilot Podcast - Making Federal Benefits Understandable for Humans. Answering questions about Federal Retirement Benefits taken from the Fed Pilot workshops. Want us to ask a question for us to answer? https://fedpilot.com. Created by: Kevin Jones of http://FedPilot.com
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- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 6 minutes
- Episodes
- 289
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
#29 - Early Bird, Price Hikes, and Allocations
- Early Social Security
- FEGLI vs. private life insurance costs
- Switching to Roth
00:20:51 |
Wed 17 Feb 2021
#28 - Pension Refund, FICA, Roth Switch
This episode covers: - Lump sum after OPM processes? - Max SS & Rehiring - How can you switch to Roth?
00:19:13 |
Thu 11 Feb 2021
#27 - Vacation Days, Locked in, Avoid Penalty
This episode covers: - Vacation days paid out earned income? - Locked into the next FEGLI increase - 59.5 to pull out money without a penalty
00:19:48 |
Tue 09 Feb 2021
#26 - LEO 62, 1991, Tax Brackets
This episode covers: - COLAs at 62 - Buy back time for temporary service - ROTH conversion planning
00:19:48 |
Thu 04 Feb 2021
#25 - SF-50, 240, Conversion
This episode covers: - What is an SF-50? - Buy back time for temporary service - ROTH conversion planning
00:19:22 |
Tue 02 Feb 2021
#24 - Burning SL, Still There?, Army Reserve
This episode covers: - Burning sick leave hourly - "Gap Payment" at 62? - Army Reserve pensions & all this
00:19:43 |
Thu 28 Jan 2021
#23 - Draw Down, Suspension, Roth Dump
This episode covers: - Daw money from Social Security - FEHB & ChampVA - All in Roth
00:16:24 |
Tue 26 Jan 2021
#22 - Compression, W2s, TRICARE
This episode covers: - Sick Leave Conversion - Survivor Benefits & TSP - Tricare, Medicare, and issues
00:19:41 |
Thu 21 Jan 2021
#21 - Formulas, 8%, 5%
This episode covers: - Part-time formulas - Social Security 8% increase - What the TSP 5% is
00:19:47 |
Tue 19 Jan 2021
#20 - Divorce, Retire When, Regrets
This episode covers: - Divorce and benefits - Birthday or end of month? - I can retire when?!
00:19:28 |
Thu 26 Nov 2020
#19 - Death, 21, Annuities
This episode covers: - What if my spouse dies first? - What happens at 21? - Annuities and RMDs?
00:18:17 |
Tue 24 Nov 2020
#18 - Parents, QLEs, TSP
This episode covers: - Adding parents to FLC - Are QLEs the only time to change? - What's in my TSP?
00:16:21 |
Thu 19 Nov 2020
#17- FRA, LWOP, APWU
This episode covers: - Full Retirement Age - Social Security - Leave without pay - Postal workers insurance
00:16:09 |
Tue 17 Nov 2020
#16 - SCD, Adding Hubby, Fed Couples
This episode covers: - SCD - Adding a spouse, - Fed Couples
00:15:22 |
Thu 12 Nov 2020
#15 - OPM’s Report, Wages, Designated Survivors
This episode covers: - OPM’s Repo - Wages - Designated Survivors
00:17:21 |
Tue 10 Nov 2020
#14 - Double Fed, Sick Leave, VA Meds
This episode covers: - Double dipping pension - Sick Leave - again - VA vs. FEHB
00:22:45 |
Thu 05 Nov 2020
#13 - HR’s Report - Delayed FEHB - Private Roths
This episode covers: - How HR's Report is different - Delaying FEHB - Double Dipping Roths
00:21:20 |
Tue 03 Nov 2020
#12 - Actual Pay, W2, Catching Up - Fednobabble
What is High3 based on? - Paying Minimal Taxes - Catchup Contributions
00:21:32 |
Thu 29 Oct 2020
#11 - Only Feds, The Bump, Losing Weight - Fednobabble
Fed only benefits - Full SS benefits bump? - LTC ineligibility because of weight
00:20:55 |
Tue 27 Oct 2020
Double Payments, Rebates, Timeframes - Fednobabble #10
This episode covers: - Pension & Supplemental payments - Rebates from FEHB - Timelines for signing up for Medicare Part B
00:16:17 |
Thu 22 Oct 2020
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