voluntary contribution program for fed workers
Have a client that is a federal worker retiring at year end. Voluntary contribution program allows for lump sum deposit of 10% of lifetime salary. Interest can be rolled into TSP and after tax dollars or basis can be rolled over to a traditional IRA. Assuming there are no others IRAs (pro-rata rule) then isn’t this a way to convert a huge amount of money to a Roth with zero tax assuming you have assets to make the contribution with. Anything I am missing? Thanks
Permalink Submitted by Alan Spross on Thu, 2010-08-26 19:49
Apparently, this can indeed be done:
http://www.myfederalretirement.com/public/673.cfm
Note affiliated procedure for transferring any existing pre tax IRA balance into the TSP so that the eventual conversion is tax free.