Q. If you roll over an IRA to a TSP account, can you use that to pay off your mortgage loan? To be more clear, use it to pay off your TSP mortgage loan, not just any old mortgage.
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Q. Can an annual leave lump sum be deposited into a non-TSP Roth account? I retired Jan. 2, 2015.
Q. I retired as an air traffic controller at age 50 in 2008. In order to take money from TSP, I had to do it based on life expectancy. Now at 57 I want to make a one-time withdrawal. I’m being told I will not be able to do this for some reason (which is not clearly stated anywhere). Why is this? Where is it stated I cannot make a withdrawal? What are my options now?
The Thrift Savings Plan offers you two ways to save for retirement. You may elect to defer your federal pay into a traditional account, before state and federal income taxes are deducted, or you may defer your pay, after taxes, into a Roth account. You may use one, the other or both options, and start or stop either or both types of contributions when you like. Based on the questions I receive from Federal Times readers through the “Ask the Experts” forum online, the “pay now and not later” approach offered by the Roth account is inherently appealing to many…
Q. Is it possible/advisable or a good idea to roll money I have from established IRAs (both traditional and ROTH) into my TSP account? Basically, paying into TSP over a number of years playing ‘catch up’ since I’m over 50. What kind of penalties or taxes would I be looking at?
Q. I am eligible to retire next year at age 50 as a law enforcement officer under FERS. I plan on taking life expectancy payments from my TSP/401(k) as soon as I retire. If, upon retirement, I elect to transfer my TSP balance to a company like Vanguard, will I still be able to withdraw life expectancy payments from Vanguard and avoid the 10 percent early withdrawal penalty?
Q. My wife and I are both federal employees under FERS, nearing seventy and about to retire. We have a question about how to make the required minimum distributions (RMDs). We each have a TSP account and each also have a rollover IRA from previous employment. We file taxes jointly. Must we take four separate RMDs from each of the four pre-tax accounts? Or, can we total up the combined amount of the four RMDs, and make one large withdrawal from one of the four accounts?
Q. I started making Roth TSP contributions in late 2012. I will be 70 years old in May 2017. I would like to roll over my Roth TSP into a Roth IRA before having to make any Required Minimum Distributions (RMD) from my TSP account. I think I will meet the 5-year rule for the Roth TSP on January 1, 2017. The year 2017 is also the year I turn 70 1/2, which, means, I think, that I must take a RMD of TSP funds in 2017. When should I do the rollover of the Roth TSP funds into a Roth IRA…
Q. The early withdrawal penalty is obviously different from taxes; so for Roth, if you take withdrawals during or after the calendar year you turn 55, you won’t be subject to the 10% early withdrawal penalty, but you will owe taxes on the Roth earnings? If yes, can you choose to take your withdrawals from the Traditional balance until you turn 59 1/2 and then start taking them from the Roth at that point in order to avoid the tax on Roth earnings?
Q. Will TSP allow me to purchase one annuity from MetLife and a second annuity from a different provider? The state I live in only insures annuities up to $250,000 and I’d like the remainder of my TSP balance to be insured by purchasing a second annuity from a different provider. Are there any strategies I could employ to accomplish my goal of insuring the entire TSP balance that I’d like to use to purchase these annuities?