Q. I’ve looked through the various combinations of possibilities on your web page (very helpful, thank you), but have not seen my exact question answered. I am having financial difficulties. I am 57 years old with 20 years of service and don’t plan on retiring for at least 5 years. What I would like to do is take out a TSP loan, then when I turn 59 ½ take an age-based disbursement for enough to pay back the balance of the loan and have some money left over. Can I do it that way? Or would I be required to…
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Q. I will be retiring on 01/02/2015. I am a CSRS employee and would like to put my unused annual leave lump sum payment into my TSP account when I receive it in calendar year 2015. My agency HR Representative told me there is a way to complete this transaction, but was unable to tell me how this process works. She directed me to TSP for assistance, but they could not help me. The TSP Representative stated I should engage a tax accountant to disposition my unused annual leave lump sum payment. Could you please clarify what is actually permitted?
Q. Can you roll an existing Roth IRA into your Roth TSP fund? A. No.
Q. I’ve been reading your Q&A as well as information on tsp.gov and still do not have a full understanding of my dilemma. I have about $225,000 in TSP and would like to use it to supplement my CSRS pension when I retire at age 56. I’m confused about what happens to my balance once I start the monthly payments option. Would I continue to receive earnings on the the remaining balance at its current distribution? Can I change the distribution in the future? If not, would I be better off rolling TSP over to an IRA somewhere?
Q. I’m a Federal Technician (military employment required) employee age 55 with 37 years of service. I’m going to take a VERA and leave with 37 years 7 months on Aug. 31. I turn 56 in January 2015. I will receive a substantial military retirement check at age 60 and won’t need my TSP income at that point. I want to use my entire $113,000 TSP using a 72t starting at age 55 and going for 5 years until I’m 60. Can I use the entire TSP amount or will I be forced to only get the small payments using the life expectancy…
Q. TSP declares an unpaid loan at retirement as a taxable distribution. Participant is over 70 1/2. Does that taxable distribution satisfy the minimum distribution in the first year of retirement? Any research information is appreciated.
Q. DOB 8/24/43, retired , reach 70 1/2 in 2014, I believe that distributions need to begin in 2015, year following year of a 70 1/2 attainment. Is that correct? Distributions will be done automatically, if I do nothing, am I correct?
Q. Can the employee’s contributions and their associated gains fund balance within an already established traditional TSP account be converted to a Roth TSP account, meaning one could pay the taxes due and convert a specified amount from a traditional TSP account to a Roth TSP account?
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