Re: [TSP_Strategy] retirement strategies

  I was incorrect about increase in high 3Apologies.Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android __._,_.___ Posted by: robert winfield <winfield100@yahoo.com> ...

Re: [TSP_Strategy] retirement strategies

  The OPM web site explains how the high three is calculated.  I have included a portion of the explanation below. My interpretation, the lump sum is only paid after you are retired.  Thus, it is not an increase for which retirement deductions...

Re: [TSP_Strategy] retirement strategies

  Hi Robert,I don't see how you're getting a 21.5% bump. It looks to me like an increase of about 5% for the final 3 salary average. Can you please explain in an example? Thanks   __._,_.___ ...

Re: [TSP_Strategy] retirement strategies

  Does pay from the SEC or FDIC count the same way? Like, a gs15 equivalent making 240k, do they use that amount for the high three? Just curious.-DanSent from Yahoo Mail on Android   Base pay plus...

Re: [TSP_Strategy] retirement strategies

  Base pay plus whatever the locality pay is for the area from which you retire.  You keep the cost of living for retirement.  So, you can get a pay raise, sort of, if you retire from Houston, or Philadelphia, or SanFrancisco, then move to Montana...

Re: [TSP_Strategy] retirement strategies

  I thought high 3 was calculated off your three years of highest base pay, i.e., no overtime, differential, leave, etc, is figured in.  Normally, that's your last 3 years of service but not always. From: TSP_Strategy@yahoogroups.com...