{"id":10544,"date":"2015-04-03T07:38:23","date_gmt":"2015-04-03T12:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=10544"},"modified":"2015-04-03T07:38:23","modified_gmt":"2015-04-03T12:38:23","slug":"usps-tools-and-resources-available-for-retirement-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2015\/04\/03\/usps-tools-and-resources-available-for-retirement-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"USPS: Tools and resources available for retirement planning"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Looking forward<\/h1>\n<h2>Tools and resources available for retirement planning<\/h2>\n<p><time class=\"pubdate\" datetime=\"2015-04-02T15:40:00.000Z\">USPS News &#8211;\u00a04\/2\/15<\/time><\/p>\n<figure>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/liteblue.usps.gov\/news\/link\/2015\/04apr\/images\/news03s2.jpg\" alt=\"Retirement planning\" width=\"220\" \/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Whether you are new to the Postal Service or a longtime employee, it\u2019s never too early \u2014 or too late \u2014 to begin planning for your retirement.<\/p>\n<p>These tools can help:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.opm.gov\/retirement-services\/calculators\/federal-ball-park-estimator\/p1.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Federal ball park estimator<\/em><\/a>: Includes projected<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.opm.gov\/retirement-services\/calculators\/federal-ball-park-estimator\/\" target=\"_blank\">federal annuity and Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) benefits<\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>to help you quickly approximate how much you need to save to fund a comfortable retirement.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/retire\/estimator.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Social Security retirement benefits estimator<\/em><\/a>: Allows you to estimate your Social Security retirement benefits.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsp.gov\/planningtools\/retirementcalculator\/retirementCalculator.shtml\" target=\"_blank\"><em>TSP retirement income calculator<\/em><\/a>:<strong><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Helps you calculate your TSP retirement benefits.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You also can verify that your creditable military and civilian service is \u201cin-fund\u201d by reviewing Form USPS-10 through the<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/liteblue.usps.gov\/humanresources\/applications\/eOPF.shtml\" target=\"_blank\"><em>eOPF<\/em><\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>application on<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><em>LiteBlue<\/em>. In-fund is defined as deposits or re-deposits that are paid in full.<\/p>\n<p>Employees who are within five years of retirement eligibility automatically receive annuity estimates. More resources can be found on the<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/liteblue.usps.gov\/humanresources\/benefits\/elections\/financial_literacy_and_education.shtml?\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Financial Literacy page<\/em><\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>on<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><em>LiteBlue<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/news27s1-e1425140051297.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9857\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/news27s1-300x235.jpg\" alt=\"USPS logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"235\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking forward Tools and resources available for retirement planning USPS News &#8211;\u00a04\/2\/15 Whether you are new to the Postal Service or a longtime employee, it\u2019s never too early \u2014 or too late \u2014 to begin planning for your retirement. These tools can help: Federal ball park estimator: Includes projected\u00a0federal annuity and Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-usps-news","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10544"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10546,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10544\/revisions\/10546"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}