Form RI 38-17 RI 38-117, Rollover Election

OMB Approval 3206-0212

Rollover Election Form
Use this form to elect how you want your lump sum paid. Please carefully read all of the information provided with this form before you
make your election. A mistake in completing this form could prevent the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) from paying as you
wish or could cause delay in processing your payment. If we do not receive your election by the reply date shown, we will pay you as
though you had selected Option A.
Please reply by

Taxable Portion

Non-taxable Portion

Part 1 - For use by Former Employees and Retired Employees (Complete Part 1 and Part 3.)
Your Name

Claim Number

Your Social Security Number

Part 2 - For use by Surviving Spouses, Former Spouses, and Designated Beneficiaries
(Complete Part 2 and Part 3.)
Your Name
Claim Number
Your Social Security Number

Name of Deceased Employee or Annuitant

Social Security Number of Deceased

Part 3 - Rollover Election
(Select ONE option. If you select Option B, the organization[s] accepting your rollover must complete Part 4.)

Option A: Pay All to Me
Make the entire lump sum payable to me and send it to the mailing address shown below. I understand that the Office of
Personnel Management is required to withhold 20% of any taxable portion for Federal income tax and that to defer income tax I
have the option to roll over part or all of any taxable portion within 60 days after receipt into a traditional IRA or an eligible
employer plan.
Option B: Pay As Shown Below. If you roll over less than 100% of this distribution, the total amount that you roll over to each
organization must be at least $500. If you elect to roll any part of this distribution into your Thrift Savings account, you must comply
with the special instructions on the back of the form.
Pay $__________ to __________________________________________________________________ with no Federal income
tax withheld from any taxable portion not rolled into a Roth IRA.
This rollover is to a Roth IRA.
Please withhold 20% Federal income tax.
Pay $__________ to __________________________________________________________________ with no Federal income
tax withheld from any taxable portion not rolled into a Roth IRA.
This rollover is to a Roth IRA.
Please withhold 20% Federal income tax.
Pay any remainder to me, less 20% Federal income tax withholding from any taxable portion you pay to me.
And check one box below.
Send the payments directly to the institution(s) named. Send any remainder to me at the address shown below.
Send all the payments to me at the address shown below. I will deliver the payments to the institution(s) named.
Your Mailing Address (If you are enrolled in the Direct Deposit Program, this lump sum will be deposited in your account and we do not need your
mailing address in this block unless it is a new address we should use.)

My signature below certifies that I have made the election shown above and that I understand that distributions from the plan to which
the rollover is made may be subject to different restrictions and tax consequences than those that apply to distributions from OPM.
I also understand that if I roll over non-taxable funds into an IRA, I am responsible to account separately for the taxable and non-taxable
portions of the amount rolled over.
Signature (If you elect Option B, Part 4 must be completed.)

Previous editions are not usable.

Date (mm/dd/yyyy)

Daytime telephone number

Email address

RI 38-117
Revised August 2025

Part 4 - Certification from Financial Institutions or Eligible Employer Plans
Name of institution or eligible employer plan

Address of institution or plan

Account number of IRA or eligible employer plan

Certification: As a representative of the financial institution or eligible employer plan named above, I confirm the account number for
the individual named above and the address. I certify that the financial institution or plan named above agrees to accept funds as a direct
trustee-to-trustee transfer from the Office of Personnel Management, to deposit them in an eligible IRA or eligible employer plan as
defined in the Internal Revenue Code, and to account for these monies in compliance with the Internal Revenue Code.
Typed or printed name of certifying representative

Telephone number with area code

Signature of certifying representative

Date of certification (mm/dd/yyyy)

Name of institution or eligible employer plan

Address of institution or plan

Account number of IRA or eligible employer plan

Certification: As a representative of the financial institution or eligible employer plan named above, I confirm the account number for
the individual named above and the address. I certify that the financial institution or plan named above agrees to accept funds as a direct
trustee-to-trustee transfer from the Office of Personnel Management, to deposit them in an eligible IRA or eligible employer plan as
defined in the Internal Revenue Code, and to account for these monies in compliance with the Internal Revenue Code.
Typed or printed name of certifying representative

Telephone number with area code

Signature of certifying representative

Date of certification (mm/dd/yyyy)

Instructions for Rollover to the Federal Retirement Thrift Savings Plan

The Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) will not accept non-taxable (post-tax) monies. You must have an open TSP account.
1.

TSP Participants must contact the TSP by using the ThriftLine Service Center (1-877-968-3778) or login to their TSP MyAccount
online (tsp.gov/login) to initiate the rollover process. TSP Participants will be sent a rollover form to complete (from ThriftLine
representative), or one will be generated from their online MyAccount.

2.

Request that OPM pay the taxable portion of their rollover payment directly to the applicant.

3.

Once the applicant receives the rollover form, rollover check and distribution notice from OPM-RS, the applicant must submit these
items as a package to Alright Solutions who will then process the rollover of funds to the applicant's TSP account. Applicants will
submit the rollover package to:
Thrift Savings Plan
c/o Broadridge Processing
PO Box 1600
Newark, NJ 07101-1600
Privacy Act Statement

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 552a(e)(3), this Privacy Act Statement serves to inform you of why OPM is requesting the information on this form. Authority: OPM is authorized
to collect the information requested on RI 38-117, pursuant to Public Law 107-16, which discuss the Internal Revenue Code that allows an individual to roll over the
post-tax portion of certain distributions from OPM. Purpose: This form is used to explain the payment election. Routine Uses: The information requested on this form
may be shared as a "routine use" to other Federal agencies and third-parties when it is necessary to process your application. For example, OPM may share your
information with other Federal, state, or local agencies and organizations in order to determine benefits under their programs, to obtain information necessary for a
determination of your disability retirement benefits, or to report income for tax purposes. OPM may also share your information with law enforcement agencies if it
becomes aware of a violation or potential violation of civil or criminal law. A complete list of the routine uses can be found in the OPM/CENTRAL 1 Civil Service
Retirement and Insurance Records system of records notice, available at www.opm.gov/privacy. Consequences of Failure to Provide Information: Failure to provide
this information would prevent OPM compliance with the current law.

Public Burden Statement
The public reporting burden to complete this information collection is estimated at 40 minutes per response, including time for reviewing instructions, searching
data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collected information. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a
person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. Send comments regarding this burden
estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden to the Office of Personnel Management, RS
Publications Team at RSPublicationsTeam@OPM.gov. Current information regarding this collection of information -- including all background materials -- can
be found at https:/www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain by using the search function to enter either the title Rollover Election or 3206-0212.
Reverse of RI 38-117
Revised November 2025