94-16716. Federal Employees Retirement System; Alternative Forms of Annuity Factors

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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 

Federal Employees Retirement System; Alternative Forms of Annuity 
Factors

AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is providing notice 
of adjusted present value factors applicable to employees who elect the 
alternative form of annuity under section 8343a of title 5, United 
States Code. This notice is necessary to conform the present value 
factors to changes in economic assumptions approved by the Board of 
Actuaries.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Revised present value factors will apply to anyone 
whose annuity commences October 1, 1994, or later.

ADDRESSES: Send requests for actuarial assumptions and data to the 
Office of the Actuary, Room 4307 STOP, Office of Personnel Management, 
Washington, DC 20415.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Harold L. Siegelman, [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 842.706(a) of Title 5, Code of 
Federal Regulations, prescribes the method for computing the reduction 
in the beginning rate of annuity payable to a retiree who elects an 
alternative form of annuity under 5 U.S.C. 8420a. That reduction is 
required in order to produce an annuity that is actuarially equivalent 
to the annuity of a retiree who does not elect an alternative form of 
annuity. The present value factors currently used to compute the 
reduction were published by OPM (56 FR 8223) on February 27, 1991.
    On September 20, 1993, OPM published (at 58 FR 49066) a notice in 
the Federal Register to revise the normal cost percentage under the 
FERS Act of 1986, Pub. L. 99-335, based on changed economic assumptions 
approved by the Board of Actuaries. Those changed economic assumptions 
require corresponding changes in the present value factors used to 
compute an alternative form of annuity. OPM is, therefore, revising the 
tables of present value factors to read as follows:

 Table I.--FERS Present Value Factors Applicable to all Retirees Except 
                       Those Described in Table II                      
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                                           Present               Present
                                          value of              value of
            Age at retirement                 a       Age at        a   
                                           monthly  retirement   monthly
                                           annuity               annuity
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40......................................     169.2         66      143.6
41......................................     168.8         67      139.1
42......................................     168.4         68      134.6
43......................................     168.1         69      130.1
44......................................     167.7         70      125.4
45......................................     166.9         71      120.7
46......................................     166.1         72      116.0
47......................................     165.4         73      111.4
48......................................     164.7         74      106.8
49......................................     163.7         75      102.2
50......................................     162.4         76       97.8
51......................................     161.9         77       93.5
52......................................     161.6         78       89.2
53......................................     161.2         79       85.0
54......................................     160.6         80       80.9
55......................................     160.0         81       77.0
56......................................     160.0         82       73.1
57......................................     160.2         83       69.4
58......................................     160.4         84       65.8
59......................................     161.2         85       62.4
60......................................     162.7         86       59.1
61......................................     163.5         87       56.0
62......................................     161.3         88       53.0
63......................................     157.1         89       50.2
64......................................     152.5         90       47.5
65......................................     148.0  ..........  ........
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Table II.--FERS Present Value Factors Applicable to Individuals Retiring
              Before Age 62 Who are Eligible for COLA's\1\              
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                                                                 Present
                                                                value of
                       Age at retirement                            a   
                                                                 monthly
                                                                 annuity
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40............................................................     245.2
41............................................................     241.9
42............................................................     238.5
43............................................................     235.0
44............................................................     231.5
45............................................................     227.9
46............................................................     224.2
47............................................................     220.3
48............................................................     216.5
49............................................................     212.6
50............................................................     208.6
51............................................................     204.5
52............................................................     200.3
53............................................................     196.1
54............................................................     191.8
55............................................................     187.4
56............................................................     183.1
57............................................................     178.6
58............................................................     174.2
59............................................................     169.7
60............................................................     165.1
61............................................................     160.4
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\1\In Accordance with 5 U.S.C. 8462(c)(3)(B)(ii); i.e., Military Reserve
  Technicians Who Retire Under 5 U.S.C. 8414(c) by Reason of Disability,
  Law Enforcement Officers, Firefighters, And Air Traffic Controllers.  

U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Lorraine A. Green,
Deputy Director.
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