HRPAY 20-07, Increased Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) Automatic Employee Contributions for New or Rehired Employees
Published: October 5, 2020
Effective: Pay Period 20, 2020
Summary
The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB) increased the automatic enrollment percentage from 3 percent to 5 percent of basic pay for all participants who are automatically enrolled in TSP on or after October 1, 2020. This change applies to all new or rehired employees. This change will not affect the employee contribution rates in place for participants who have been enrolled prior to October 1, 2020.
Implementation
Termination of Automatic TSP Enrollment and Refund of TSP Contributions
Employees may elect to immediately terminate their automatic TSP enrollment. In order to terminate their automatic TSP enrollment, employees must complete Form TSP-1, Election Form, and submit it to their servicing personnel office or submit an action to stop the deductions through the Self-Service option on the Employee Personal Page (EPP). If an employee terminates automatic TSP enrollment within the first pay period of hire or rehire, no contributions will be deducted from the employee's pay. Therefore, it is critical that personnel offices process these automatic enrollment terminations within the first pay period of hire or rehire to prevent deductions from occurring. If an employee elects to terminate their automatic TSP enrollment after the first pay period of hire or rehire, they must submit Form TSP-25, Automatic Enrollment Refund Request, directly to TSP as instructed on the form to request a refund of the contributions deducted.
To Process TSP Termination of Automatic Contributions in the Front-End System Interface (FESI):
On Document Type 125, Thrift Savings Plan, the value for the TS-Trans-Code field must be
.To Process TSP Termination of Automatic Contributions in EmpowHR:
- Select the menu group.
- Select the component. The TSP/TSP Roth search page is displayed.
- Enter the applicable search criteria. The following fields may be completed on the TSP/TSP Roth search page:
- EmplID
- Employee Record
- Social Security Number
- Name
- Last Name
- Agency
- Sub-Agency
- Select the button. The Thrift Savings Plan/Thrift Savings Plan Roth page is displayed.
- Select the radio button from the Contribution Information section.
- Select from the drop-down list in the TSP Transaction Code field.
- Select the button.
To Process TSP Termination of Automatic Contributions in the Web-Based Entry, Processing, Inquiry, and Correction System (EPIC Web):
- Select . The New Document Selection menu displayed. Payroll documents are listed alphabetically.
- Select the folder. A list of available Federal Benefits Documents is displayed.
- Select . The Key Data tab is displayed.
- Complete the fields on the Key Data tab.
- Select the tab. The Election tab is displayed.
- Select the radio button.
- Select from the drop-down list.
- Select the button.
Resources
For additional information, see TSP Bulletin 19-U-2 issued July 31, 2019, available online at
.Inquiries
For questions about National Finance Center (NFC) processing, authorized Servicing Personnel Office representatives should contact the NFC Contact Center at
or via the customer service portal.