Browsing: voluntary contribution program

Q. I am a CSRS employee. I have decided to take the Voluntary Separation Incentive Payment and should be off the rolls by March 31. I am told that I can put in 10 percent of my basic total federal wages (could be in excess of $200,000) into the Voluntary Contribution Program and I should withdraw all of it when I retire. I am also told that I can deposit this withdrawn VCP money into a Roth IRA, which is the main reason I want to do this. Are my assumptions true? If it is, how can I open a…

Q. I am a CSRS employee who plans on retiring in 2013. I want to open a Voluntary Contribution Program account and deposit after-tax money in that account, and then, at retirement, transfer the deposit into Roth TSP, and any earnings into traditional TSP. Is that allowed? A. No. You’ll have to use a Roth IRA for the after-tax portion of the VCP account.

Q. I will have 40 years with the IRS in 2012 and plan to retire either this year or in 2013. I have been contributing to both the TSP and the Voluntary Contributions Program. I plan to leave the TSP contributions to the G Fund alone and just let it grow. The VCP is another matter. I have a Roth IRA with Vanguard and would like to transfer all of the VCP to the Vanguard Roth IRA.I know I am required to pay tax on the interest the VCP has earned in the year received. The question is how do…