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How to Write a Federal Resume for USAJOBS: What to Include and How
A practical guide to federal resumes: required details, hours per week, salary and grade, duties with numbers and formatting for USAJOBS.
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Specialist calculators are only useful when you understand the rules behind the numbers. These guides explain what each professional calculator does, which inputs matter, how to read the result and where the official rules come from, covering payroll and tax, immigration and visas, housing, business compliance, engineering and science. Every guide links to a free tool that runs in your browser and keeps your figures private.
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Federal Student Loan Consolidation: How the New Rate Is Calculated and What It Costs
See how a Direct Consolidation Loan rate is the weighted average rounded up to 1/8 percent, and how the term changes payment and total interest.
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FERS Minimum Retirement Age: Find Your MRA and Every Retirement Eligibility Date
Learn the FERS minimum retirement age schedule and the four ways to retire, then find your own eligibility dates and the reduction for early retirement.
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FMLA Leave: Check Eligibility and Find the Date Your 12 Weeks End
Check the three FMLA eligibility tests and calculate when 12 weeks of leave end for full-time, reduced or intermittent schedules, with a worked example.
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How to Write a FOIA or Privacy Act Request That Gets an Answer
A plain-language guide to writing FOIA and Privacy Act requests: what to include, how to describe records, fees, expedited processing and what to expect.
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Selling Your Home: How the $250,000 / $500,000 Exclusion Works
Learn how the Section 121 home sale exclusion works, the two-year tests, partial exclusions and how to estimate your taxable gain with a free calculator.
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ILR and Absences: How to Count Your Days Outside the UK
How the 180-day rule works for indefinite leave to remain, how to count days, what rolling 12-month periods mean and how to check your own trips.
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IRS Late Filing and Late Payment Penalties: How They Are Calculated and How to Lower Them
How IRS failure-to-file and failure-to-pay penalties and interest work, with a worked example, the minimum and ways to reduce the bill.
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Military Pay With BAH and BAS: What Your Total Compensation Is Really Worth
Add base pay, BAH and BAS to see your total military income and the civilian salary you would need to match it after tax. Includes a worked example.