Originally Posted by
PessOptimist
One more step completed alfaman. I think I know how you feel. The most important event in your life (one of them maybe) and some fed in another office sends you a canned email. Yeah, we’ll get to it. Fear not.
On the up side, most MB members that posted retirement stories did receive their final paychecks on time and leave sell back within a couple of weeks. Mine was included in the final paycheck. Interim payments started the second month of retirement, 2/7/19. It sucks not knowing until November for sure.
I sent the required memo and it was ignored. For fed income tax, I left it at the default which was nowhere near enough. For state taxes they never withheld anything, stating payments were less than 6 months in spite of the fact they started in February. I would be prepared to owe both CA and the fed something next year. Plus penalties. Sometimes you can get those penalties waived.
In spite of the pains involved in being a member of the OPM SOL club, It all worked out slowly and I love being retired.
SOL is the “Services on Line” web site for OPM retirees. I get a chuckle out of that.
I hope it all works out but understand it is filled with angst.
PO
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