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A surviving spouse who is entitled to receive all or a part of a deceased participant's TSP account will have his or her entire death benefit automatically deposited into a Beneficiary Participant Account (BPA).

Locate your age on the IRS Uniform Lifetime Table. Find the life expectancy factor that corresponds to your age. Divide your retirement account balance as of December 31 of the previous year by your current life expectancy factor.

A beneficiary who is not a surviving spouse cannot retain a TSP account. The death benefit payment will be made directly to the beneficiary or to an "inherited" IRA. ... If a beneficiary participant dies, the new beneficiary(ies) cannot continue to maintain the account in the TSP.

At death, the assets in these accounts do not pass according to the TSP owner's will. They pass as a non-probate asset directly to the designated beneficiary. If the surviving spouse is the beneficiary then the assets in the TSP can be rolled over into the spouse's retirement account.

RMDs are calculated by dividing the TSP balance on December 31 of the preceding year by a factor derived from the age the participant turns in the year of the RMD. So, if I was 73 and my year-end balance was $350,000, my RMD (using current charts) would be $14,170.

If you are a spouse beneficiary of a deceased civilian or uniformed services TSP participant's account, and your share of the balance in the TSP account is $200 or more, we will establish a beneficiary participant account in your name.

Generally, a RMD is calculated for each account by dividing the prior December 31 balance of that IRA or retirement plan account by a life expectancy factor that IRS publishes in Tables in Publication 590-B, Distributions from Individual Retirement Arrangements (IRAs).

The TSP provides spousal rights for spouses of employees and retirees, as do all employer sponsored retirement plans. ... Under FERS, unless the spouse waives his or her right, they are entitled to receive a specific type of TSP annuity (i.e., joint-life with a 50% survivor benefit and no additional features).

The new tables are not effective until 2022. RMDs are waived for 2020, and RMDs for 2021 will be calculated under the current tables. The IRS revised the current tables, which have been in effect since 2020, to reflect the fact that Americans are now living longer.