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Entering/Changing/Canceling Thrift Savings Plan Catch-Up Data

  1. To enter, change, or cancel Thrift Savings Plan catch-up data, select the Employee Self Service menu group.
  2. Select the Tasks menu.
  3. Select the Payroll Documents component.
  4. Select Modify TSP Catch-Up. The TSP Catch-Up/TSP Roth Catch-Up tab is displayed.

TSP Catch-up  TSP Roth Catch-up Tab

Figure 20: TSP Catch-up/TSP Roth Catch-up Tab

  1. Complete the fields as follows:

Field

Description/Instruction

Empl ID

Populated when the employee signs on to ESS.

SSN

Populated when the employee signs on to ESS.

TSP Catch-Up/TSP Roth Catch-Up Election

Description/Instruction

*Effective Date

Required field. Populated with the beginning date of the current pay period. Change the date, if applicable.

Pay Period

Populated with the coordinating pay period based upon the effective date entered.

Date Entered

Populated with the date entered.

User ID

Populated when the employee signs on to ESS.

Transaction Status

Defaults to In Progress and reflects the status of the transaction. The transaction status will change when the transaction is saved, is in suspense, or resent to NFC.

Election Information

Instruction

TSP/TSP Roth

Select the applicable radio button to designate whether the catch-up contribution is TSP or TSP Roth.

TSP Catchup Transaction Code

Select the applicable code from the drop-down list.

Contribution Amount

Enter the contribution amount ($XX.XX).

  1. Select Save.