Federal Retirement Process and Paperwork Mistakes

Mistakes on retirement applications for federal employees will delay receiving your full monthly annuity payments. To avoid mistakes, you first need to understand the process your retirement package needs to go through.

In this episode we:
• will review the common mistakes on federal retirement paperwork,
• provide insight directly from OPM or the Office of Personnel Management, and
• share guidance on how to reduce these delays

Welcome to Financial Planning 4 Feds. We are dedicated to educating federal employees on how to maximize value from their government benefits by developing and executing a financial plan.

0:00 Intro
1:28 Process Overview
5:04 Forms Needed
7:30 Common Mistakes
11:03 Summary of Key Points

LINKS:
Retirement Quick Guide
https://www.opm.gov/retirement-center...

Planning To Retire Soon
https://www.opm.gov/retirement-center...

Retirement FAQs
https://www.opm.gov/support/retiremen...

OPM’s Retirement Modernization Process
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/05/06/o...

Federal Benefit Resources:
https://www.opm.gov/
https://www.tsp.gov/

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