TSP didn't get taken out

[Stilgar]

Hey all,

I'm currently deployed to Iraq and decided to start investing again in TSP. I maxed out to $49000 (combining a percentage of special pay and base pay starting July 1). I made these changes on the TSP Mypay portal. I checked my bank statement today, and nothing was deducted from either base pay or special pay! The question I have is, if there was a legitimate glitch in the system, can I get that money into TSP retroactively? Also, do you have to actually be in the CZ while maxing out at $49K? I have only 3 more months left on my deployment. Could I simply just have 100% of my base pay taken out for the rest of the year, or can you only max out to $49k in theater?

 

[domingo3]

You can only contribute the 49k in theater. Check back on mypay and verify that you've initiated the TSP. If you checked your bank account on July first, that would have been deposit from your June pay.
If you get paid twice a month, it's mid-month and end-of-month, so the pay you are seeing now is from the second half of June. You should start seeing a difference in your direct deposit starting July 15th. The dollar amount of the pending direct deposit is up on mypay now, so you can verify.

I doubt that you would be able to get money put in retroactively. Finance people are pretty resistant to doing anything that's not completely routine in my experience.