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5 CFR 839.213: May I make a retirement coverage election if I withdrew all or part of my TSP account after I was corrected to FERS?
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 5—Administrative Personnel
- CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
- SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS
- PART 839—CORRECTION OF RETIREMENT COVERAGE ERRORS UNDER THE FEDERAL ERRONEOUS RETIREMENT COVERAGE CORRECTIONS ACT
- Subpart B—Eligibility
(a) You may not make a retirement coverage election if your qualifying retirement coverage error was previously corrected to FERS, and you later received one of the following TSP withdrawals:
(1) A TSP annuity after separation from service, but before receiving a FERS annuity; or
(2) A single payment or monthly payments after separation from service; or
(3) An age-based in-service withdrawal.
(b) If you received an automatic cashout of your TSP account after you separated (because your account balance was $3,500 or less), or if you received a financial hardship in-service withdrawal, you may make a retirement coverage election.
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