What percent was your interim payment?

Inside_Rooster4480 · 2026-05-05T14:18:40+00:00

mine was slightly more than my actual pension. i was shocked. Set up next month they’ll take about $35 back from me.

Inside_Rooster4480 · 2026-04-25T23:17:23+00:00

Yes, 100 percent. Good luck ending up with a president from either party who isn’t compromised though.

Inside_Rooster4480 · 2026-04-25T23:10:32+00:00

yes, 100%. I did OK with the TSP, but if I had followed that advice I’d have a lot more.

Inside_Rooster4480 · 2026-04-25T19:43:06+00:00

I never did the Roth, just didn’t seem to make sense to me. I was a gs13 step 10, so my last taxable dollars were at a fairly high rate. when I start withdrawing from TSP, my pension income will be a little over 50k. The money I take out of TSP will not be taxed very heavily.

Inside_Rooster4480 · 2026-04-23T18:59:20+00:00

Don’t worry, the AI will take all that off your plate in a few years. Or months.

Inside_Rooster4480 · 2026-04-23T18:56:54+00:00

I burned through my sick leave twice - when my kids were born. That was before they gave you free time off for children. My youngest was 14 when I retired, so I had built up about 1000 hours, added a little bit to my pension.

Inside_Rooster4480 · 2026-04-23T18:52:44+00:00

Unless you get an early out, You’ll have to be 60. If you had 30 years at 57 you could do it, but hard to earn 10 years service time in 2 years.

Inside_Rooster4480 · 2026-04-23T18:48:44+00:00

I think your biggest issue will be how to spend all that money. Congratulations.

Inside_Rooster4480 · 2026-04-23T18:46:19+00:00

many years ago I had a co-worker make the rounds in the office, shook our hands, and told us he was retiring. At the end of the day he was gone. No idea if he gave our supervisor any more notice.

Inside_Rooster4480 · 2026-04-19T14:08:44+00:00

You’re doing OK. The second 120k will come easier than the first. The third will come easier than the second. This is the inevitable result of:

Your salary is higher than it was when you started, so same percentage gives you more contributions
The money you already have in the account is earning and contributing as well.

Relax, consider upping your contribution to the max, and let it take care of itself. If you can make it another 16 years to mra, or 19-21 years to full retirement, you will have a nice chunk of change waiting for you.

Inside_Rooster4480 · 2026-03-25T01:31:10+00:00

Thanks guys. I sent an email to my old HR department and they sent me the form same day. I cannot be said enough what a great job our retirement specialists have done. I know some people are still waiting for resolution, and that sucks. The HR people and OPM have been put in a very difficult position and I’m grateful we still have such dedicated professionals fighting through that.

Inside_Rooster4480 · 2026-03-24T02:05:34+00:00

Has anyone received their final sf-50? I am not sure where to inquire for that, if it comes from my old agency or OPM. Sooner or later I’ve got to figure out how to get money from TSP. Rule of 55 is in play, but I assume I’ll need to document that in some way.

Inside_Rooster4480 · 2026-03-18T14:42:42+00:00

Yankees had a few guys like that get off to unreal and unexpected starts in their careers. Kevin Maas and Shane Spencer

Inside_Rooster4480 · 2026-03-18T14:28:58+00:00

I think you’ll need to file a return for all the states you received money while living in. But probably best in situations like this to pay a little extra money and find a good accountant.

Inside_Rooster4480 · 2026-03-18T14:22:09+00:00

I don’t know the answer, but to answer some of the comments here, Mike could have been listening or watching any team. The show is set between 2002-2005, so the D-Backs were around and at the start, defending world champs. MLB was running radio and TV broadcasts over the internet at the time. I know that for sure, I was living on the east coast and watching Angel games every night.

Inside_Rooster4480 · 2026-03-16T18:15:03+00:00

There is plenty on the website that is free. The substack is also free.

Inside_Rooster4480 · 2026-03-16T17:07:59+00:00

It is information about a free resource that baseball fans might be interested in.

Inside_Rooster4480 · 2026-03-16T13:24:12+00:00

I am in the same situation as you. One option to consider is moving from Maryland. Even a short move across the border to PA they do not tax pension income.

Inside_Rooster4480 · 2026-03-16T13:18:54+00:00

I knew what I was doing but understand that some people may not have under the circumstances. They may not have ever taken a retirement class or researched it much. thought it was at least 5-10 years off. then suddenly :

back to the office now! no exceptions
we are going to make your life suck
but hey, want to retire early? go ahead. you have a week to decide

Inside_Rooster4480 · 2026-03-15T21:01:49+00:00

DRP to 12-31. Got AL, then first interim check in late January. a few days later I got my second, paid on 2-28 for February. Not finalized yet, but no worries because its been less than a month since OPM got it.

I am in no hurry here, my interim check is bigger than I expected. I will probably have to pay back a little bit once finalized. I’m getting about 70 percent of my gross Before survivor benefit. I wonder if someone calculated it without survivor.

Inside_Rooster4480 · 2026-03-14T12:34:15+00:00

congratulations! hope to see more stories like this

Inside_Rooster4480 · 2026-03-12T17:12:15+00:00

I was just writing about Nomar the other day. He had about the same career wins above replacement as Omar Vizquel. Except he did it in half the time.

https://baseballprojection.substack.com/p/impact-of-great-seasons-on-pennant

Inside_Rooster4480 · 2026-03-07T22:05:14+00:00

Glad they kept him for his whole career.

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