RAAUZYUW RUDIDFB1700 0061500-UUUU-RHMCSUU. ZNR UUUUU R 071500Z JAN 11 ZYB FM DFAS CLEVELAND OH TO AIG 4730// AIG 4676// AIG 4678// BT UNCLAS //N07220// MSGID/GENADMIN/NMPO/JFLF// SUBJ/THRIFT SAVINGS PLAN (TSP) BASE PAY PERCENTAGE INCREASE LIMITS FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2011// MILITARY PAY ADVISORY 01/11// REF/A/DOC/INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE/NOTICE 1036/DEC 2010// AMPN/REF A IS INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE NOTICE DECREASING SOCIAL SECURITY TAX TO 4.2%// POC/BARBARA BLOCK/DEBORAH JUDSON/CODE JFLF/TEL:216-522-5918/TEL: DSN 580-5918// RMKS/1. THIS MILITARY PAY ADVISORY IS BEING ISSUED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE BASE PAY PERCENTAGE FOR TSP IS BEING INCREASED TO 94% FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2011. 2. AS INDICATED BY REF A, SINCE THE SOCIAL SECURITY TAX IS BEING DECREASED FOR ONE YEAR TO 4.2% MEMBERS WILL NOW BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE A MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF 94% BASE PAY TO THEIR TSP. 3. ACTION IS BEING TAKEN BY DFAS-CL CENTRAL PROCESSING TO INCREASE ALL MEMBERS WHO CURRENTLY HAVE 92% BASE PAY IN EFFECT TO 94% EFFECTIVE JANUARY 2011. IF THE MEMBER DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH PAY AVAILABLE THEN THE BASE PAY PERCENTAGE WILL REMAIN AT 92%. 4. IF THE MEMBER DOES NOT ELECT TO HAVE THEIR BASE PAY PERCENTAGE INCREASED TO 94% THEN SEND AN EMAIL TO CCL-MILITARY-TSP@DFAS.MIL FOR NAVY ACTIVE OR CCL-TSP@DFAS.MIL FOR NAVY RESERVES REQUESTING THE PERCENTAGE BE CHANGED BACK TO 92%. 5. REQUEST WIDEST DISSEMINATION POSSIBLE.// BT #1700 NNNN