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    Default Re: FER's Retiree: When to withdraw from TSP, start Social Security

    Based on your situation, over 55 at retirement, you wouldn't get any penalty. See Publication 721, Tax Guide to U.S. Civil Service Retirement Benefits https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p721.pdf
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    additional tax doesn't apply in certain situations, including any of the following.
    You receive the distribution and separate from government service during or after the calendar year in which you reach age 55.
    You choose to receive your account balance in monthly payments based on your life expectancy.
    The 2nd one is the 72(t) rule, otherwise known as SEPP - Substantially Equal Periodic Payments.
    Last edited by evilanne; 03-24-2017 at 09:27 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by evilanne View Post
    Based on your situation, over 55 at retirement, you wouldn't get any penalty. See Publication 721, Tax Guide to U.S. Civil Service Retirement Benefits https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p721.pdf
    Top of page 14, 2nd column:
    The 2nd one is the 72(t) rule, otherwise known as SEPP - Substantially Equal Periodic Payments.
    OK, There are two options for choosing equal monthly payments. The amount I can choose or either let TSP determine the amount based on life expectancy. Would I be wrong in assuming either option would be treated the same under 72t rules? Thanks for the answers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Blarney View Post
    OK, There are two options for choosing equal monthly payments. The amount I can choose or either let TSP determine the amount based on life expectancy. Would I be wrong in assuming either option would be treated the same under 72t rules? Thanks for the answers.

    As long as your money is in TSP, you can do either without worrying about 72t rules since you are over 55. TSP will code Box 7 on the 1099R as either 2—Early distribution, exception applies. or 7—Normal distribution (assuming all your account is regular TSP contributions). For folks retiring before age 55 (50 for LEOs), they have to use life expectancy method or 72(t) in order to get exception to access TSP funds without penalty.

    The TSP Retirement Calculator uses the life expectancy method to calculate annual withdrawals based on your assumptions until age 70.5 when it changes calculations based on RMDs https://www.tsp.gov/PlanningTools/Ca...alculator.html. If you assume rate of return of 3.5 to 4%, the annual withdrawal rate should increase over time since the denominator decreases each year based on your age. Since the calculation is based on the end of year balance it may vary significantly with either large gains or losses experienced. I'm not sure if you can switch to life expectancy if you initially select monthly dollar amount, but it will allow a one time change to go from life expectancy to monthly payments https://www.tsp.gov/PDF/formspubs/tspbk33.pdf

    If you roll over to an IRA prior to age 59.5, you can do the same thing but it may require additional effort to avoid any penalty, depending on how the brokerage codes your 1099-R, see https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p590b.pdf This is when you would need to be aware of the 72(t) rules. Based on my research, most online discount brokerages that you manage yourself will code it 1 -
    Early distribution, no known exception, so you may also have to do the calculation yourself and make sure you have the appropriate amount of cash available to make the payment(s).
    Annuity. You can receive distributions from your traditional IRA that are part of a series of substantially equal payments over your life (or your life expectancy), or over the lives (or the joint life expectancies) of you and your beneficiary, without having to pay the 10% additional tax,even if you receive such distributions before you are age 59 1/2. You must use an IRS-approved distribution method and you must take at least one distribution annually for this exception to apply. The “required minimum distribution method,” when used for this purpose, results in the exact amount required to be distributed, not the minimum amount.
    There are two other IRS-approved distribution methods that you can use. They are generally referred to as the“fixed amortization method” and the “fixed annuitization method.” These two methods are not discussed in this publication because they are more complex and generally require professional assistance. For information on these methods, see Revenue Ruling 2002-62, which is on page 710 of Internal Revenue Bulletin 2002-42 at https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-irbs/irb02-42.pdf


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    Very helpful. I appreciate the help. Thanks.

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