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Mutual Funds: UTSaver Tax-Sheltered Annuity (TSA) Plan Features

UTSaver TSA overview

Eligibility

All employees

Employee contributions

Traditional: Pretax dollars

Roth: After-tax dollars

Generally, you may contribute up to $17,000 in 2012 to a 403(b) plan. If you participate in a traditional and Roth account, your total combined contribution cannot exceed the $17,000 IRS maximum.

Catch-up contributions

Age-based:
You may contribute an additional $5,500 in 2012 if you are age 50 or older.

Service-based:
You may contribute up to an additional $3,000 if you have accumulated 15 or more years of service and have under-contributed in prior years.

If you are eligible for both, you may combine the age-based and service-based catch-up contributions to save more. However, your total combined catch-up contributions to traditional and Roth plans cannot exceed the IRS maximum for each respective contribution type.

Employee withdrawals

Traditional:
Taxable when withdrawn

Roth:
Tax-free when withdrawn if certain conditions are met

Early distributions

Traditional:
Distributions made prior to attaining age 59 1/2 are subject to ordinary income tax and possibly a 10% income tax penalty.

Roth:
Nonqualified distributions are subject to ordinary income tax and possibly a 10% income tax penalty if made prior to attaining age 59 1/2.

A qualified distribution is one that is made after:

• Five years from the date the first Roth contribution was made (known as the five-year aging rule or five-year clock)

and

• The annuity owner dies, become disabled or reaches age 59 1/2.

Traditional or Roth 403(b)

Your UTSaver plan will soon be more flexible than ever with the addition of a Roth 403(b) plan (available after December 1, 2006) to complement the traditional 403(b) tax-sheltered annuity (TSA) already in place. You can direct all of your contributions to a traditional pretax account, to a Roth account or to a combination of the two.

To view or print a prospectus, visit www.valic.com/utsystem and look to the right-hand side of the screen. Click the appropriate link inside the box titled "Prospectuses and Other Important Materials." Click on "Funds" in Quick Links, and funds available for your plan are displayed. The prospectus contains the investment objectives, risks, charges, expenses and other information about the respective investment companies that you should consider carefully before investing. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing or sending money. You can also request a copy by calling 1-800-448-2542.