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- By Tammy Flanagan
- January 4, 2008
- Comments
As many of us do this time of year, I'm cleaning house. I thought that a good thing to do in my first column of 2008 would be to organize the past two years of Retirement Planning columns in a useful way. After reviewing the questions that readers post each week in the comments section, I know that many answers can be found in a previous column.Pick an old favorite or a topic that you wish to learn more about from the list below and -- as my mother used to say at the end of one of her favorite recipes -- "Enjoy!"Best Date to Retire
- Retirement Dates: Q&A Aug. 3, 2007
- Best Dates to Retire 2008 July 27, 2007
- When to Retire July 20, 2007
- Best Dates to Retire 2007 Nov. 3, 2006
- A Great Date to Retire Feb. 3, 2006
- A Little Lower Oct. 12, 2007
- Going Private Oct. 5, 2007
- Public or Private? Sept. 14, 2007
- Laboring Another Day Aug. 31, 2007
- Retiring Women June 15, 2007
- Should I Stay or Should I Go? Feb. 23, 2007
- The Early Way Out May 26, 2006
- Leaving Early May 19, 2006
- Really, You Can Retire! March 17, 2006
- You Can Afford To Retire! March 3, 2006
- Last-Minute Tips Dec. 14, 2007
- The Retirement Process June 22, 2007
- Retirement Checklist June 8, 2007
- Getting Ready Jan. 5, 2007
- Are You Ready? July 14, 2006
- Smoothing the Transition June 23, 2006
- Taking Your (Sick) Leave Feb. 9, 2007
- Taking Your Lumps Jan. 19, 2007
- Catch-62 Sept. 21, 2007
- A Whole Different Kind of Service June 1, 2007
- Crediting Volunteer Service May 25, 2007
- Computing Your Service May 18, 2007
- Service Interruption March 16, 2007
- Part-Time Rules, Part Two March 9, 2007
- Part-Time Rules, Part One March 2, 2007
- Mixing Civilian and Military Retirement June 30, 2006
- Military Service Payback Feb. 24, 2006
- Redepositing CSRS Refunds Feb. 17, 2006
- Buying Retirement Credit Feb. 10, 2006
- Getting Credit Jan. 27, 2006
- 'Survivor:' Federal Edition Jan. 12, 2007
- Federal Couples July 7, 2006
- Who's Your Beneficiary? May 12, 2006
- Spousal Benefits March 10, 2006
- Feeling Special: Q&A Aug. 17, 2007
- Feeling Special Aug. 10, 2007
- Eligibility: Facts and Myths July 6, 2007
- Deferred vs. Postponed June 29, 2007
- Retirement Estimate: The Details May 11, 2007
- Basic Retirement Computations May 4, 2007
- Estimating Your Benefits April 27, 2007
- Supplementary Information Feb. 2, 2007
- Supplementing FERS Jan. 26, 2007
- D-I-V-O-R-C-E Aug. 24, 2007
- Short-Term Benefits Feb. 16, 2007
- Looking Ahead Dec. 22, 2006
- Single Concerns July 21, 2006
- A Thoroughly Modern Retirement System June 2, 2006
- Voluntary Benefits May 5, 2006
- Best of Both Worlds April 14, 2006
- CSRS vs. FERS: The Reaction April 7, 2006
- CSRS vs. FERS March 31, 2006
- Back to Work, Again March 30, 2007
- Back to Work March 23, 2007
- Ensuring a Healthy Retirement June 16, 2006
- Part B Or Not Part B? Sept. 28, 2007
- More on Medicare April 28, 2006
- Medicare ABCs April 21, 2006
- Life Insurance Options, Part Two Sept. 22, 2006
- Life Insurance Options, Part One Sept. 15, 2006
- The Long Haul: Part Three Aug. 11, 2006
- The Long Haul: Part Two Aug. 4, 2006
- The Long Haul: Part One July 28, 2006
- Gone With the Windfall Sept. 1, 2006
- Offsetting Penalty June 9, 2006
- The TSP's Future -- and Yours July 13, 2007
- Honey Pot April 20, 2007
- TSP Withdrawal Quiz April 13, 2007
- Life Expectancy vs. Life Annuity April 6, 2007
- Withdrawal Options March 24, 2006
- Counting COLAs Oct. 20, 2006
- COLA Wars Sept. 8, 2006
- Tax Changes: Part Two Aug. 25, 2006
- Tax Changes: Part One Aug. 18, 2006
Tammy Flanagan is the senior benefits director for the National Institute of Transition Planning Inc., which conducts federal retirement planning workshops and seminars. She has spent 25 years helping federal employees take charge of their retirement by understanding their benefits.
For more retirement planning help, tune in to "For Your Benefit," presented by the National Institute of Transition Planning Inc. live on Mondays at 10 a.m. EDT on Federalnewsradio.com, or on WFED AM 1500 in the Washington-metro area.
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