What are my options if I have more leave days than I can take and/or sell before retirement?

2021-07-29T16:14:01-04:00

I have orders for retirement on 1Sept. They are only letting me sell back 15 days of leave because I have already sold 45 days in the past. This leaves me with 32 days of leave that I guess gets poofed. is there any way where I can just push my orders back to 1Oct so I don't lose out on the money I deserved? I think I already know the answer to this question, but I figured I would ask to see if anyone has something I can use.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 29 at 2021 5:02 PM

2021-07-29T17:02:34-04:00

You could just take the leave, that's what most people do. There's no need to sell back any leave since you'll only receive base pay minus 22% for federal income tax.

The law is you can only sell 60 days of leave over your whole career. Leave is meant to be paid time off, you're not losing any money by taking it.

Retirement is always the last day of the month. Your last day of service is always the end of the month and your first day of retirement is always the first day of the following month. You can always adjust your retirement date by submitting to HRC, as long as you aren't at RCP, but you are cutting it very, very close.

Response by SGM Bill Frazer made Jul 29 at 2021 10:06 PM

2021-07-29T22:06:33-04:00

Heck I sold back 30, and then took 22 days terminal .

Response by SSgt Christophe Murphy made Jul 29 at 2021 11:52 PM

2021-07-29T23:52:04-04:00

If you can take the leave then take it. If you want to push your time back talk to admin and see if there is enough time to make changes. But if you can't take the leave, can't sell the leave and can't push the date there is the chance you may loose a few days to the system.

Response by SFC Jeffrey Port made Jul 30 at 2021 12:54 PM

2021-07-30T12:54:05-04:00

I found I would of had 25 days of leave leftover after taking terminal, so I just sold it back. Why will they only let you sell back 15 days and lose the rest? Most people just take leave and use up their days I would think, but we used to sell back 40, 50, 60 days no problem before the use it or lose it began.
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Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 30 at 2021 10:34 PM

2021-07-30T22:34:58-04:00

MSG Private RallyPoint Member see if you can get your orders pushed back a month and take all of the leave instead of selling it. This way you are getting BAH, BAS, and additional leave during that time frame. Otherwise you are leaving money on the table.