Change to Roth Thrift Savings Plan effective in January Published Nov. 21, 2014 By Ane Graham Deputy Financial Services Officer 88th Comptroller Squadron WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- When the Roth Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) was implemented in Defense Joint Military Pay System (DJMS), it only included capability to elect contribution in terms of dollars and not percentages. A DJMS programming change is expected to be implemented in January 2015 that will allow members to select percentages. However, this will require members contributing to Roth TSP to reaccomplish their elections if they want to continue contributing to Roth TSP. The current elections will stop at the end of January 2015; new elections will be effective February 2015. A text from a SmartDoc sent by Defense Finance and Accounting Service -- Indianapolis to all members who are currently contributing to Roth TSP, reads: "Our records show that you participate in Roth TSP. If you wish to continue those contributions, you must submit a new Roth TSP election on myPay or submit a TSP election form to your finance office during the time period Jan. 1-31, 2015. Otherwise, your Roth TSP contributions will stop after January 2015. This requirement is due to pay system improvements that will more fully automate processing and provide better customer service to you." Elections for Roth contributions for February 2015 will be accepted Jan. 1 to 31, 2015. Individuals may enroll online with myPay or submit the revised paper election form, TSP-U-1, to their finance office. The revised TSPU-1 (1/2015) will be available on www.tsp.gov on Jan. 1. More information as well as worksheets to help calculate contributions will be available on www.dfas.mil in early December.