Millions of individuals file amended tax returns to correct errors or omissions. Ed Zurndorfer discusses the important deadlines, the best way to file, and how to handle errors more…
TSP Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs)
Ed Zurndorfer provides a detailed outline of the required minimum distributions (withdrawals) for the Thrift Savings Plan including the required beginning dates under current law, how RMDs apply to the different TSP withdrawal options, and RMDs for TSP beneficiaries. Several practical examples are also included. more…
Understanding TSP Rollover Rules
Ed Zurndorfer discusses the rollover option of a separated Thrift Savings Plan participant’s TSP account to an IRA or to an eligible employer-sponsored retirement plan – including a 401(k) plan, a profit-sharing plan, a 403(b) tax-sheltered annuity or an eligible 457(b) plan maintained by a government employer more…
Special Considerations for TSP Distributions
Ed Zurndorfer discusses some special considerations for a separated Thrift Savings Plan participant’s distributions from their account including vesting requirements, the TSP mutual fund window, spousal rights, and required minimum distributions (RMDs) more…
Bipartisan Senators Reintroduce Legislation to Keep Chinese Firms Out of Thrift Savings Plan
If passed, the Taxpayers and Savers Protection Act would ban the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board from steering federal retirement savings to China and other countries of concern more…