Three Program Editions
Each Edition Contains:

  • 80+ Integrated Calculators
  • 50+ Report Pages with color graphs and spreadsheets
  • 160+ page Manual with detailed Federal Benefits References
  • Reliable file management
  • Easy data entry
 
 

Version 10  Features

Edition Details

Personal
FREE

Benefits Calculator

Included?

Included?

Included?

Retirement Eligibility 
Determine Retirement Date Eligibility
CSRS and CSRS Offset 
FERS and CSRS to FERS Transfer
Regular (Voluntary)
Optional
(Early Out - VERA - Postal Employees and others)
Mandatory (Special Provision)
Determine your earliest possible retirement date in just one click (based     on Birth Date and Service Computation Date entered)

YES

YES

YES

Types of Retirement Annuities
Complete retirement annuity calculations for:
  Federal Employees
  Postal Employees
  Law Enforcement Officers
  Firefighters
  Air Traffic Controllers
  CSRS
  FERS
  CSRS Offset
  CSRS to FERS Transfer
  MRA +10

YES

YES

YES

Creditable Service
Calculate creditable service time
Calculate/project sick leave service time (CSRS and
FERS) new 2010
Analyze military service time (including Catch 62)

YES

YES

YES

Average High 3  Salary
Calculate and project High 3 Average for any future date

YES

YES

YES

Deposit/Redeposit Service
Calculate deposit benefits, costs and penalties
Calculate Redeposit benefits, costs and penalties

YES

YES

YES

Survivor Benefits
Calculate monthly annuity
Calculate yearly annuity
Adjust survivor benefit:  view impact on annuity
Calculate accumulated costs of survivor benefits

YES

YES

YES

Delayed Retirement
Project delayed retirement annuities - yearly & monthly  

YES

YES

YES

COLA
Project COLA increases each year of retirement

YES

YES

YES

FERS Supplement
Calculate and project FERS supplement

YES

YES

YES

CSRS Offset Annuity
Calculate and project CSRS Offset annuity     
Social Security
Project social security with COLA 

YES

YES

YES

Social Security Quick Calculator new 2010
Calculate and project Social Security

YES

YES

YES

Thrift Savings Plan  
- Project accumulated contributions from salary, government 
  matching (FERS only) and Catch-Up
- Determine best investment options for L, C, F, G, I , S  funds
- Examine effects of changing fund allocations
- Examine long term growth impacts from compound annual 
  rates of return for each fund
- Explore 18 withdrawal options including:
  - lump sum
  - monthly payments (number of payments, monthly amount,
    IRS life expectancy)
  - annuities (single life, joint life with spouse, joint life with
     non-spouse) 

YES

YES

YES

Life Insurance 
- Project FEGLI benefits and accumulated costs for Basic,
  Option A, Option B, and Option C
- Display FEGLI color charts 

YES

YES

YES

Health Insurance
Project FEHBP  costs and accumulated costs 

YES

YES

YES

Long Term Care Insurance - New 2010
Project benefits and costs of:
- Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (FLTCIP)

YES

YES

YES

Retirement Income and Expense Analyzer

Included?

Included?

Included?

New 2010 - Replaced the Retirement Planner

YES

YES

YES

Reports, Color Charts, Graphs

Included?

Included?

Included?

Display 50+ page Retirement Analysis Report on-screen (print preview)
click here to view sample report

YES

YES

YES

Print 50+ page Retirement Analysis Report
click here to view sample report

NO

YES

YES

Create Adobe Acrobat Reader Reports  (.pdf format) 50+ pages:
    Study report using the Free Adobe Acrobat Reader,
    Save original Adobe Acrobat report file,
    Make entry changes in Benefits Calculator / Retirement Planner,
    Create new Adobe Acrobat report,

    Save new Adobe Acrobat report file,
    Compare original Adobe report with new report,
    Print selected pages from each report, and

    Do this as many times as you like

NO

YES

YES

Send Adobe reports as email attachments

NO

YES

YES

Create custom report cover and disclaimer pages

NO

NO

YES

Company name and agent information report cover page

NO

NO

YES

Company name footer on all report pages 

NO

NO

YES

Data: Input, Storage and Retrieval

Included?

Included?

Included?

NEW!  Improved Fact Finder Questionnaire Use it to gather personnel information. Click here  to download it (FREE download).

YES

YES

YES

On-screen alerts guide data entry

YES

YES

YES

Process data for one federal employee

YES

YES

NO **

Process, store & retrieve data for unlimited number federal employees 

NO

NO

** YES

Import personal data files from previous versions of software 

YES

YES

NO ***

Import old client files from previous version of software

NO

NO

*** YES

Client file backup on a CD

NO

NO

YES

Client file restore from a CD

NO

NO

YES

Move client files on CD from one computer to another

NO

NO

YES

 
 

The CSRS and FERS Benefits Calculator and Retirement Planner is a product of:
Decision Support Software LLC
P.O. Box 2368
Granite Bay, CA 95746

www.FedRetireSoftware.com