Finance_Guy

TLE helps cover the extra expense too. But, what about military clause? From what I read if you had a military clause in the lease it should have allowed for prorating of rent. But if not, then I'd try to get out by 30 Nov. REF: https://www.housing.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-110805-056.pdf

EFF_Date_of_PCS_Order-JFTR_App-A.pdf Below are the references. So to clarify on TDY enroutes, effective date would be the sign-in date less the authorized days to travel from the last TDY enroute to the new PDS. So if you pin-on before the TDY enroute ends, you are definitely paid at your new rate. This all really applies to DLA. JFTR Appendix A - Definitions EFFECTIVE DATE OF PCS ORDER A. UNIFORMED MEMBER 1. For a member being separated/retired, the last day of active duty. See below for an RC member being separated. 2. For all others, including an RC member being separated and a recalled retired member who continues in an active duty status during the time allowed for return travel home, the date the member is required to begin travel from the old PDS, the member’s home, PLEAD, last TDY station, safe haven location or designated place, whichever applies, to arrive at the new PDS, home, or PLEAD, on the date authorized by the transportation mode authorized and/or used. 3. An IPCOT order effective date is the first day of duty on the new tour. See IPCOT definition. 4. The following are examples of computing an order’s effective date: (See attached PDF page extract) AFI 65-114, 8.29.3. Promotions after PCS Order Issuance. Members, promoted after PCS orders issuance and on or before the effective date of orders, are authorized DLA based on the higher grade. Examples of valid evidence are: 8.29.3.1. Promotion orders or a “MD” print from the MMPA.

Entitlements are paid for the rank you held on the "effective date of orders". That date is calculated by your sign-in for duty date at the new PDS less any authorized travel days and ordered TDY. Meaning the latest date you would have to leave your old PDS to take care of TDY and official travel without any leave calculated to get to your new PDS by your sign-in date. I'd have to double check the rules on TDY enroute. But if you get promoted before you leave the old PDS, then for sure everything is calculated on your new rank. FG

This is not a problem with myPay. If you submitted it and received confirmation it should process. What displays in myPay is only your current active open items of your pay record. So those myPay requests won't show up until they process (after 1 Nov if you entered the request in Oct). So you can go in 20 times after the first time and it still will not show. The first one should process and those other 20 would reject since they are duplicate transactions. Go check myPay today and see if it shows up. I'll bet it is there with the 1 Nov effective date from your original request. The one you now see with a Dec start will reject since by the time it tries to process the start transaction it will reject since you cannot start something again that has already been started. Make sense? PM me if it is not showing up. Later. FG

HOT! Update on Leave Carry over coming at the end of this Fiscal Year - 30 Sep 2013. You have 11 months and 10 days to get down to 60 days unless you have special leave accrual situations. Previous DFAS correspondence stated the DFAS Office of General Counsel had determined that members could carry the max of 75 days forward from 30 Sep 2013 to 1 Oct 2013. From the email below, this has been reversed. OSD General Counsel has determined that members must be down to a max of 60 days leave by 1 Oct 2013 or they will lose leave. Of course, that does not apply to special leave accrual. ___________________________________________________ Subject: Policy and Procedures Update - Revised Extension of Temporary Increase in Leave Carryover TOPIC: Revised Extension of Temporary Increase in Leave Carryover Message 1. This message applies to Active Duty and Reserve/Guard members. 2. Section 504 of the FY 2010 NDAA included a provision extending the maximum leave carryover of 75 days through September 30 2013. Previous guidance (issued May 2010) stated that members could carry up to 75 days forward to October 1, 2013; THAT HAS CHANGED. The DoD Office of General Counsel has determined that members were authorized to carry forward up to 75 days from FY 2012 to FY 2013, but that leave in excess of 60 days as of September 30, 2013, will be lost on October 1, 2013 (FY 2014), unless the law is extended or made permanent. 3. DJMS-AC allowed members to carry forward up to 75 days from September 30, 2012 to October 1, 2012. 4. Members should be informed that leave other than special leave accrual (SLA) in excess of 60 days on October 1, 2012, and any accrued during FY 2013, should be used by September 30, 2013 to avoid losing it. That means that members who carried forward a balance of 75 days in the BR entry on October 1, 2012, will have to use 45 days of leave this year in order to prevent losing leave. Barring any additional changes to the law or policy on the subject, DJMS-AC will be changed to reduce the maximum from 75 days to 60 days, effective October 1, 2013. 5. OUSD (P&R) indicates it is pursuing a statutory extension to the maximum leave carryover, but it has not yet been passed. 6. AF implementing instructions will be published by AFAFO as needed. 7. Removed. 8. Please ensure the widest dissemination. 9. Removed. 10. Removed. DFAS-JFLM/IN Military Pay Operations - Indianapolis (Air Force) Chief, System Liaison & Procedures Division

Are you asking about separation or retirement? In retirement you select a home of selection which can be pretty much anywhere in the U.S. Separations are limited to home of record or place of entry on AD. For Separation, Uncle Sam is responsible only to get you back to where you entered AD. Why would they be responsible for anything further? Stay to retirement and they will, but not for separations FG

You already have it--DTS has this capability. If the traveler knows this scenario will happen often, the CC can appoint people as a "Self-Authorizing Official". The functionality allows the traveler to approve their own authorizations, but no final payment vouchers. This was the replacement of the blanket travel orders. If you don't use this option, there is always the "verbal order" option. And if you have a CAC reader on your home PC, you can do it all from home. Hope this info helps. RE: https://comptroller.defense.gov/fmr/09/09_02.pdf, Para 0203.E Self-Authorizing Official. No blanket authorization/orders shall be issued under the DTS system. Instead, individuals who previously traveled under blanket travel authorization/orders may be designated as self-authorizing officials. These individuals may act as their own AOs authorizing their own itineraries and travel arrangements. They may not, however, certify their own claims for payment. Self-authorizing officials shall be designated in writing and shall acknowledge in writing that they may not certify their own claims for payment.

Latest guidance on BAH waivers/policy from AF/A1PA. Mostly relates to PCS moves. BAH_Waiver_Guide.pdf

Give it a shot and let us know. I think you are correct that it will default from duty station and not residence--mine are too close to differentiate. But in my screen shots my residence and duty station are many states away from Cali and it let me put in SAC and pulled in the reservation. The CTO may freak out but I don't think they have Vis on your other data.

See, here is a great example where bringing this stuff up allows people like me to un-F the system by showing you the capabilities. You are not forced to stay with the default, you can change it on the fly. See attached. Like I said, it it easy. Edit, might help if I attached the file Change_Departure_Airport-in-DTS.pdf

Wow, I think booking commercial travel is the easiest part of DTS. Maybe I've been doing this too long.

I will 2nd and 3rd that issue. This is by far the biggest problem with DTS. I want to say they may be working on something to fix that issue but can't be sure. I can only hope the next-Gen travel system will not have this same flaw. At least I'll do my darnedest to make sure it don't.

I agree with you on those in current low tax bracket and it would be a doomsday scenario if your investments did not gain. Many in retirement during the last market crash felt that pain. I guess I'm at a different stage in my life and no longer get the benefits of tax free income and allowances. Once you retire and add your retirement pay on to your civilian income, the tax scenario changes drastically. If you do the Roth early in life and while still on AD, I say it is a no brainer. But traditional TSP is a decent deal if you have a lot of tax-free contributions. Like I said there are many facets to these programs and people have to do the research and decide what might be best for them. Thanks FG

My tax liability was reduced by my portion of the contribution in the year contributed whereas with a Roth it is not. I guess my point is that if the Roth ends up providing no gain, then what is the benefit of a Roth? I guess in my scenario it benefits me to reduce taxes now and invest all I can--I don't plan to have a huge annuity that would exceed my current income when I retire. Dropping my annual income puts me in a 10% lower tax bracket which is a substantial saving in Federal taxes paid now. I guess there are multiple sides to the benefits of each.

I think it is 59.5 for both. If you take out of the traditional before then (hardship, etc), you get tacked with a 10% penalty. So yes you can begin withdrawing but you get the penalty.

What about a case where you put in to Roth for 10 years, the market tanks and you are left with essentially only your after-tax contribution dollars? Let's hope that wouldn't happen, but it could. FG

You can with the amount option. Am I missing something? $17k by 12 = $1416. Enter $1,416 as your monthly amount--at least for Roth. Percentage is simple math as well, but I know what you mean. We could just ask if you want the max and check yes, but that would make more sense. Edit to add this: Members are strongly encouraged to start their ROTH TSP contributions via myPay. BTW, attached is the DFAS guide sent out to the Finance Offices. Now you have everything the Finance office (FSO) knows about this new program. Total system changes are not expected to be complete until Spring 2014. Also important to note this since some think it starts in the month they do the paperwork.... Effective Date. An election to start or change Roth TSP is effective the first of the month following the month of election. An election to stop Roth TSP contributions is effective at the end of the current month. ROTH_TSP_FSO_Base_Level_Procedures.pdf

It think DFAS' plan is to eventually get to the percentage amount for the Roth, but may take them a little more time to get the code changes programmed in the system.

Fly pay is not a bonus, one-time special pay or one-time incentive pay. It is an incentive pay so you should be able to include in your specified monthly amount. "You can use myPay to make contributions from basic pay, monthly incentive pay, and monthly special pay," I think DFAS had to go with a specified dollar amount since they didn't get the system totally reprogrammed to handle all the percentage math madness. Think of it as an allotment of your pay. It actually is an easier way to handle it with your regular monthly pays.

Not sure yet. Message said to complete the form but also says more specific info is forthcoming. I'd keep checking back to this URL: https://www.dfas.mil/militarymembers/rothtspformilitary.html

Update...more details to come: -----Original Message----- From: DFAS Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 9:55 AM Subject: Policy and Procedures Update - AC ROTH TSP Message #1 TOPIC: Active Component (AC) ROTH TSP Message #1 1. This is the first in a series of numbered messages dealing with the policies and procedures for the new military ROTH TSP option. 2. ROTH TSP for Active Component members will be implemented starting October 1, 2012. Members can initiate paperwork (TSP-U-1 dated May 2012) to open up a ROTH TSP account effective October 1st, with initial contributions to be collected in November 2012, in accordance with current TSP rules and policies. 3. The first part of the member's TSP deduction will be withheld from the member's November midmonth pay, with first full ROTH TSP deduction amount transmitted to the TSP Agency Technical Services (ATS) on November 30, 2012. 4. Specific information regarding member sign-up and FSO action will be published in subsequent messages. 5. AF implementing instructions will be published by AFAFO as needed. 6. This message was coordinated with AFAFO. 7. Removed 8. Please ensure the widest dissemination. 9. Removed 10. Removed V/R, DFAS-JFLM/IN Military Pay Operations - Indianapolis (Air Force) Chief, System Liaison & Procedures Division

There is no way to check it since DITYs/PPMs haven't been added to DTS. Therefore you have the option of visiting TMO or Finance in person, via email or by phone. However your base does it. Most likely I'd start at finance first. We've heard Ellsworth is behind but not by 2 months.

Why yes they can--for DoD Employees. DOD Civilian employee travel is governed by the JTR. Specifically for HHT, that is para C5600. Can AD, Guard, and Reserved uniformed members be reimbursed, NO.

Confirmed with our MAJCOM TRANS POCs that in the past you could claim the cost of the rental truck as storage but that was changed about 4 years ago. Now you can only be reimbursed for certain storage in a commercial storage facility. I think this may be the article you found the info from: https://www.militaryavenue.com/Langley+Air+Force+Base/479/Articles/Self-Moves+DITY-17294.aspx

Sounds like a question for TMO only. Any blank stares?