TSP’s Executive Director is having a change of heart.
Recently the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB – the group who runs the TSP) announced that it will finally (and they really mean it this time) consider adding a Mutual Fund Window option to the TSP. FRTIB is commencing a study that will last through 2015 on how best to implement the Mutual Fund Window option. Continue reading
Not taking full advantage of your TSP Benefit? Hope you like the taste of these in Retirement.
IRS recently increased the amount employees may contribute to their employer’s ‘Qualified Plan’ (That is, 401k, 403b, 457b, TSP… Just about any Defined Contribution Plan that starts with the number ‘4’) to $18,000 per year in 2015 (up from $17,500 in 2014).
Hey, Feds- Does anybody care? It appears fewer than 1 in 4 of you do… Continue reading
Recently the non-partisan (cough, cough) GAO conducted a study investigating large (> $5 Million) IRA balances.
According to WSJ, this study was prompted by the disclosures of Mitt Romney and Silicon Valley entrepreneur Max Levchin that they each have IRA balances worth tens on millions.
The GAO concluded in its preliminary study (GAO-14-878T):
In 2014, the federal government will forgo (emphasis mine) an estimated $17.5 billion in tax revenue from IRAs.
GAO will release a separate report with its final results on individual retirement accounts later this fall.
What prompted this study? Congress is reportedly upset about the super-sized IRA balances because (according to GAO) :
Congress limited annual contributions to IRAs to prevent the tax-favored accumulation of unduly large balances, but concerns have been raised that tax benefits accrue primarily for higher -income individuals.
Back to the cases of Mitt and Max… Continue reading
The Benevolent Savant Soup Chef thinks it is too easy to earn IRR points…
Recently I caught wind of the below message from Commander, Navy Reserve Force (CONAVRESFOR) (H/T to the AirWarriors Forum).
To summarize: Big Navy and/or Big Navy Reserve initiate this Goat Rodeo every few years or so when they decide that it is too easy for Navy Individual Ready Reservists (IRR) to earn retirement credit points through correspondence courses. I recall a major Kaibosh put on NKO courses about 5 or 6 years ago, which created a similar panic through the IRR. Continue reading