Understanding Your Social Security Benefits

Retirement, disability, survivor, Medicare
Eligiblity requirements for each type,
How the amounts are calculated
How they apply to the financial plans of federal employees, both FERS and CSRS employees

Understanding the Common Pitfalls

The Windfall Elimination Program for CSRS
Earnings Test
Special Retirement Supplement for FERS
Government Pension Offsets (GPO)
How the benefits are taxed

Information about Medicare

Eligibility
Enrollment
Differences between A, B, C, & D,
When are the Federal Dental and Vision plans more advantageous than Medicare B?

... plus a lot more!

Speaker and Presenter Information

Edward A. Zurndorfer, EA, CFP, CLU, ChFC, CEBS has been conducting Federal employee benefits and planning for retirement workshops at various Federal agencies throughout the country since 1999.

Mr. Zurndorfer has written numerous publications for the Federal Employees News Digest (FEND) on Federal employee benefits and is the moderator of FEND’s popular Federal Soup Question and Answer Forum. Ed is the top contributor for FedSoup. Ed also writes a weekly column on Federal employee benefits and retirement issues. He has also been heard on Federal News Radio.

In addition, Ed is the owner of EZ Accounting and Financial Services, an accounting practice that serves of 200+ clients throughout the country and he is an Enrolled agent, representing taxpayers in disputes before the IRS.

Relevant Government Agencies

Air Force, Army, Navy & Marine Corps, Intelligence Agencies, DOD & Military, Office of the President (includes OMB), Dept of Agriculture, Dept of Commerce, Dept of Education, Dept of Energy, Dept of Health & Human Services, Dept of Homeland Security, Dept of Housing & Urban Development, Dept of the Interior, Dept of Justice, Dept of Labor, Dept of State, Dept of Transportation, Dept of Treasury, Dept of Veterans Affairs, EPA, GSA, USPS, SSA, NASA, Legislative Agencies (GAO, GPO, LOC, etc.), Judicial Branch Agencies, CIA, FEMA, Office of Personnel Management, Coast Guard, National Institutes of Health, FAA, Census Bureau, USAID, National Guard Association, Federal Government, FDA, NSA, FCC