---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 1653.35"
title: "5"
number: "1653.35"
heading: "Calculating entitlement."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/1653.35"
---

# §1653.35. Calculating entitlement.


A tax levy or criminal restitution order can only require the payment of a stated dollar amount from the TSP. The payee's entitlement will be the lesser of:

- (a) The dollar amount stated in the tax levy or enforcement letter; or
- (b) **The vested account balance on the date of disbursement, minus any outstanding loan balance.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[79 FR 53604, Sept. 10, 2014, as amended at 80 FR 52606, Sept. 1, 2015]

### Source

Source: 79 FR 53604, Sept. 10, 2014, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 8432d, 8435, 8436(b), 8437(e), 8439(a)(3), 8467, 8474(b)(5) and 8474(c)(1).

### Source

Source: 68 FR 35510, June 13, 2003, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[79 FR 53604, Sept. 10, 2014, as amended at 80 FR 52606, Sept. 1, 2015]