Understanding each part of your federal retirement can help you plan when and how to retire and avoid surprises.

Federal employees can use a new Thrift Savings Plan tool to weigh the tax costs and retirement advantages of moving traditional balances to Roth.

What I'm hearing is you can throw the old processing schedule out the window right now, because everything is kind of bogged ...

Starting in 2026, the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) will give every federal employee a new power move. For the first time, you’ll be able to convert your traditional (pre-tax) TSP balance into Roth (after ...

The federal government’s Thrift Savings Plan for service members and civilian employees will allow participants to transfer money from their traditional accounts into the plan’s Roth accounts starting ...

The Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), a retirement plan for federal employees and uniformed service members, is the nation's largest defined contribution plan, with seven million participants and over $845 ...

The new year is a busy time, but it’s also a good time to set aside a little to review your financial situation and make plans for 2026. As part of those plans, early January is a great time to ...

The federal Thrift Savings Plan continued to evolve throughout 2025. Assets for the world’s largest retirement plan crossed $1 trillion midyear, and TSP now serves more than 7.2 million accounts. The ...

Starting January 1, 2026, Federal employees and retirees will be able to convert money from their traditional Thrift Savings Plan accounts to a Roth TSP account. Federal employees can make their ...

Like other target-date funds, the Federal Thrift Savings Plan’s TSP L Funds are among the retirement plan’s most popular options. The funds, also known as the TSP Lifecycle Funds, accounted for more ...