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Federal Leave & Earnings Statement Interpretation Guide

Understand your federal statement line by line with insights on benefits, tax withholding, and maximizing earnings. Learn about locality pay, GS pay scale, insurance options, retirement planning, and more.

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Federal Leave & Earnings Statement Interpretation Guide

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  1. FederalLeave & Earnings Statement Presented By: 3 F E Foundation for Financial Education www.f3eonline.org | sharon@f3eonline.org | 240-499-0390

  2. How to interpret your statement line by line • What do all the letters stand for? • Locality Pay • GS Pay Scale • Default options for benefits • Service computations date • Breaks in service

  3. NOTES

  4. Selecting the proper options for benefits • Federal Health Insurance • Active and Retired • Long Term Care • Short and Long Term Disability • FEGLI • TSP options and allocations • SBP and Retirement Planning

  5. NOTES

  6. Managing your Tax withholdings • Refund vs. owing the IRS • W9 allows for changes in withholding • Estimated additional payments • Choosing number of exemptions • Trying to break even • Saving your tax refund monthly and investing it over the long term

  7. NOTES

  8. Where does all my money go?? • Maxing your TSP? • Social Security & Medicare • State & Federal Tax With Holdings • Insurance, Insurance, Insurance • TSP Loans

  9. NOTES

  10. Hidden opportunities within your paycheck • Bi-weekly pay vs. Monthly • Roth vs. Regular TSP • Catch-up • Alternatives to DI, LTC & FEGLI • 20yr pension bump-secrets to social security • Maximizing your tax bracket

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