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CSRS FEDERAL RETIREMENT CALCULATOR
Version 4.0
July 1993
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DISCLAIMER
The information presented in this program is an
approximation of your retirement benefits. See your
personnel office for accurate retirement information. The
CSRS FEDERAL RETIREMENT CALCULATOR and Documentation are
provided 'As Is' without warranty of any kind (including the
implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a
particular purpose). No oral or written information or
advice provided by Decision Support Software, its dealers,
distributors, agents or employees shall create a warranty of
any kind regarding the CSRS FEDERAL RETIREMENT CALCULATOR,
and you may not rely upon such information or advice.
Neither Decision Support Software nor anyone else who has
been involved in the creation, production, or delivery of
the CSRS FEDERAL RETIREMENT CALCULATOR shall be liable for
any direct, indirect, consequential, or incidental damages
(including, but not limited to, damages for loss of business
profits, business interruption, and loss of business
information) arising from the use of (or inability to use)
the CSRS FEDERAL RETIREMENT CALCULATOR.
GENERAL
How would you like to determine what your federal
retirement benefits would be if you retired tomorrow or
perhaps in a year or more? But wait, what impact would an
average 4% yearly high three average increase have on your
benefits if you retired three years from now? What if you
could save all or some of your sick leave for the next two
years. Would that have a significant effect on your monthly
retirement check? How much does survivor retirement cost in
terms of reducing a full retirement income? If you decide
to retire early, what penalty do you pay? Even though you
can add to your retirement benefits by waiting a few more
years before you retire, will inflation affect these
benefits?
This program will assist you in exploring retirement
benefits for you and your survivors. By entering just a few
pieces of information, this program will provide you with
the answers to the above questions and several others. You
will view impacts on your retirement income based on: when
you elect to retire, salary increases, sick leave
accumulation, early retirement penalties, electing survivor
benefits, and beneficiary income.
Either short or long term initial retirement
information is displayed in 12, one month or one year
increments for easy comparison. All input information and
calculations are displayed and can be printed on a dot
matrix or laser printer.
AVERAGE INCOME FOR HIGH THREE EARNING YEARS
This is the highest pay obtainable by averaging your
rates of basic pay in effect during any three consecutive
years of civilian service, with each rate multiplied by the
time it was in effect during the 36 month, high three
period.
Example
14 Months at $19,000 14/36 x $19,000 = $7,389
10 Months at $20,000 10/36 x $20,000 = $5,556
12 Months at $21,000 12/36 x $21,000 = $7,000
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Average income for high three earning years = $19,945
PROJECTED YEARLY HIGH THREE INCREASE
You can approximate an annual increase in your
average high three earnings and view the results on a yearly
basis.
SERVICE YEARS AND MONTHS
Service years are computed based on your service
computation date - the years and whole months of creditable
civilian service.
SICK LEAVE
Sick leave is counted in one month increments.
Unused sick leave to your credit is added to your length of
service for annuity computation purposes. Unused sick leave
cannot be used in computing your high three average pay or
for the purpose of meeting the minimum length of service
required for retirement eligibility.
INFLATION FACTOR
To view the impact inflation will have on your
annuity, estimate and enter an annual inflation rate. The
amounts shown in the No Survivor, Survivor and Beneficiary
columns will be reduced by the inflation factor/rate. These
adjusted annuities can be thought of as purchasing power in
today's dollars. To view the actual annuities, enter 0 in
the Inflation Factor field.
2% ANNUITY REDUCTION
Retirement annuities are reduced by 1/6 of 1% for
each full month (2% for each full year) under the age of 55.
The amounts shown in the 2% per year column are annual
amounts of no survivor retirement income reduction.
SURVIVOR ANNUITY
The survivor annuity is calculated by reducing the
No Survivor annuity by 2 1/2% for the first $3600 and 10%
for the amount over $3600.
BENEFICIARY ANNUITY
The Beneficiary annuity is calculated by multiplying
the No Survivor annuity by 55%.
IMMEDIATE RETIREMENT ELIGIBILITY
In general, immediate retirement eligibility is
based on two requirements: minimum age and minimum service
years as shown below.
Minimum Age Minimum Service
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62 5
60 20
55 30
This program displays all combinations of age and
service. However, immediate retirement ELIGIBILITY is
displayed with YELLOW NUMBERS on a BLUE BACKGROUND (LIGHT
NUMBERS on a DARK BACKGROUND on monochrome monitors).
INELIGIBILITY for immediate retirement is displayed with
YELLOW NUMBERS on a RED BACKGROUND (DARK NUMBERS on a LIGHT
BACKGROUND). There are other conditions under which
retirement eligibility differs from the general case
depicted above.