Form TSP-19 at a glance
What it is: Form TSP-19 is the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) form for the Transfer of Information Between Agencies.
Where and when to file: Gaining agencies must obtain the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) account information of employees who transfer from other federal agencies or who change payroll offices. The losing agency must provide the relevant TSP information to the gaining agency, whether or not the employee is contributing to the TSP. The gaining agency should provide a copy of the completed form to the employee and forward the original to the payroll office. A copy may also be filed in the employee's Official Personnel Folder.
A filled-in Form TSP-19 example: a losing agency fills out the form for a transferring employee
How to fill out Form TSP-19, box by box
Employee Information: Name, Social Security No., Date of Birth and Effective Date of Transfer
In Items 1 - 3, enter the identifying information: Name, Social Security No. and Date of Birth.
In Item 4, enter the effective date of the transfer.
Enrollment Information: TSP Status Code and TSP Status Date
Complete Items 5 - 6 to reflect the employee's TSP Status Code and Status Date.
For the TSP Status Code, enter the appropriate code: A = Automatic Enrollment, E = FERS eligible for agency contributions but not contributing, Y = Contributing and, if FERS, eligible for agency contributions, T = Stopped contributions and, if FERS, eligible for agency contributions.
TSP Service Computation Date and TSP Vesting Code (FERS only)
Complete Items 7 - 8, TSP Service Computation Date and TSP Vesting Code, ONLY if the employee is covered by FERS.
Contribution Election Information
In Item 9, enter the employee's traditional contribution election in a and/or Roth contribution election in b.
The employee may elect either traditional or Roth contributions or both.
Total employee contributions made for current year
In Item 10, enter the total amount of traditional and/or Roth contributions that were deducted from the employee's pay for the current year (including contributions toward the catch-up limit).
Loan Information
In Item 11, check Yes if the employee has a TSP loan and complete the items below, as applicable; check No to skip to Item 19.
For a First Loan and a Second Loan, enter the applicable information in Items 12 - 15: Loan Number and Payment Amount.
If the employee is currently in nonpay status, enter the beginning date of the nonpay period in Item 16.
In Item 17, Type of Nonpay, check the appropriate box: Military or Other.
In Item 18, enter the date Form TSP-41, Notification to TSP of Nonpay Status, was submitted.
If Form TSP-41 has NOT been submitted to the TSP, submit it before transferring the employee to the gaining agency.
Identification of Losing Agency
In Items 19 - 22, enter the identifying information of the losing agency: Agency Name and Location, Payroll Office with its 8-digit Identifying Number, Name of Contact Person and Telephone (Area Code and Number).
Sources
[1] Form TSP-19 (Revised 1/2021), Transfer of Information Between Agencies, Thrift Savings Plan (the Official source link on this page).