The Postal Service is reminding employees that the deadline to make Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) catch-up contributions effective for the first pay period of 2017 is Jan. 4 at 4 p.m. EST. There is no open season for TSP. Employees can make or change TSP elections at any time during the year. In 2017, employees…
The Social Security Administration is encouraging federal employees to set up free online accounts to view and manage their Social Security records. The secure accounts provide estimates for future benefits and show how much youâll need from other sources, such as a Thrift Savings Plan, to meet your retirement goals. Each account also allows you…
Hope you all are having a great Sunday! Question for ya: If I move money today in TSP, will it go into effect at the opening of trading on Monday or on Tuesday? I would like to buy in low after Friday’s closing slump (see below).
I am to become divorced soon. How much of my TSP can my wife get if we have been married less than 10 years? How much of a percentage? I have looked everywhere and cannot find anything that pertains to this online from a reliable source. Where do I find out for sure? on the…
By Andy Medici – May 1, 2015 Civilian agencies would see their budgets slashed while the Defense Department would get billions of dollars in additional funding, under a budget proposal passed by the House April 30. The House voted 226 to 197 to pass the budget, with all Democrats and 12 Republicans voting in opposition….
By Andy Medici – April 6, 2015 If federal employees were a foreign country they would rank only behind China and Japan as holders of U.S. Treasury securities, according to federal data. The Civil Service Retirement System and the Federal Employee Retirement System hold a combined 837 billion in Treasury securities, and the Thrift Savings…
(3/13/15) If youâre planning your retirement, the Postal Service encourages you to remember the 3 Rs â review, rethink and remain. Review. If you havenât taken a good look at your Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) retirement account recently, now is a good time to review it. You should also review your TSP account throughout the…
The board that administers the Thrift Savings Plan has some simple but important advice for successfully submitting forms to make changes to TSP accounts. In a new YouTube video, the TSP board offers five tips to help federal employees complete TSP requests, including those for withdrawals, and to do so correctly, âthe first time.â That…
