Title 5

SECTION 894.403

894.403 Are FEDVIP premiums paid on a pre-tax basis

§ 894.403 Are FEDVIP premiums paid on a pre-tax basis?

(a) Your FEDVIP premiums are paid on a pre-tax basis (called premium conversion) if you are an active employee, your salary is sufficient to make the premium allotments, and your agency will be able to make pre-tax allotments.

(b) Your FEDVIP premiums are not paid on a pre-tax basis if:

(1) You are an employee in nonpay status or an employee whose salary is not high enough to make premium allotments, or your agency is unable to make pre-tax allotments;

(2) You are an annuitant, a survivor annuitant, or a compensationer;

(3) Your enrollment change was made effective retroactively which resulted in additional premium withholdings, unless it is as a result of birth or adoption of a child.

(4) You have been approved to pay premiums directly to the Administrator.

(5) You are a TEI.

[73 FR 50184, Aug. 26, 2008, as amended at 78 FR 64879, Oct. 30, 2013; 83 FR 32193, July 12, 2018; 83 FR 58179, Nov. 19, 2018]