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Selecting a TPA for your 403(b) Plan

Posted on November 23, 2010 by admin

Prior to 2010, there wasn’t a lot of regulation in 403(b) plans. In many instances, Plans didn’t even have a written plan document. It was also common practice for plans to Continue reading

Failure to Comply with Hardship Distribution Requirements

Posted on August 18, 2010 by admin

Plan Sponsors often fall short in one simple area of plan administration: record keeping. It is important that Plan Sponsors keep proper documentation for each area of the Plan. One important Continue reading

Posted in Distributions | Tagged 401(k) Plans, Employee Benefit Plans Casa Grande, Employee Benefit Plans Scottsdale, Employee Benefit Plans Tempe, Hardship Distributions, hardship withdrawals, Internal Revenue Service, IRS, participants, plan administration, plan administrative procedures, plan amendment, Plan sponsor, record keeping, VCP, voluntary correction program |

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Monitoring Your Investments

Posted on August 3, 2010 by admin

Everybody has that thought. You hear news about another poor day in the stock market, which makes you reflect on how that is impacting your 401(k) retirement savings. You also receive Continue reading

Posted in 401(k) Plan Participants | Tagged 401(k) Plans, 401(k) retirement account, 401k contributions, 401k distributions, Employee Benefit Plans Casa Grande, Employee Benefit Plans Scottsdale, Employee Benefit Plans Tempe, fiduciary responsibility, investment adivsor, investment mix, monitoring your investments, participants, Plan custodian, Plan sponsor, retirement account statement, retirement goals, retirement investments, retirement savings, stock market |

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Fees to Fix 401(k) Operational Failures

Posted on June 29, 2010 by admin

Providing a 401(k) plan for company employees is a valuable benefit for them. The benefit to the Company is hopefully that it attracts and retains valuable employees. The cost to the Continue reading

Posted in Compliance Deficiencies, Sponsor/Trustee Responsibilities | Tagged 401(k) Plans, ACP/ADP discrimination tests, administrative costs, corrective action costs, Cost to correct the error, Cost to report the error, documentation, Employee Benefit Plans Casa Grande, Employee Benefit Plans Scottsdale, Employee Benefit Plans Tempe, hidden fees, IRS, operational failure, participants, plan compliance, plan investment options, plan trustee, QNEC, Qualified non-elective contribution, self-correction program, valuable employees, voluntary correction program |

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Is My 403(b) Plan Required to have an Audit?

Posted on May 4, 2010 by admin

Maybe not. A new rule that affects 403(b) plans this year is the annual audit requirement. There is a lot of confusion out there amongst non-profit organizations as to whether or Continue reading

Posted in 403(b) Plans | Tagged 403(b) Plans, annual audit requirement, audit, audit firm, Contributions, Employee Benefit Plans Casa Grande, Employee Benefit Plans Scottsdale, Employee Benefit Plans Tempe, ERISA, exclusions, non-profit organizations, participants, rules, submitting withholdings, withholding payroll |

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Do You Still Need a 401k Audit?

Posted on April 6, 2010 by admin

It’s 5500 season again and now the big question is upon you: Do you need to have an audit performed and an audit opinion attached to your 5500 before you send Continue reading

Posted in 401 (k) Audits, Form 5500 | Tagged 401(k) Audit, 80 to 120 Participant Rule, assets, audit opinion, audit waiver, automatic distributions, beneficiary, Contributions, DOL, eligible participants, Employee Benefit Plans Casa Grande, Employee Benefit Plans Scottsdale, Employee Benefit Plans Tempe, Form 5500, non-qualifying plan assets, participants, Pension Plans, Plan Administrators, qualifying plan assets, small employee benefit plan, small pension plan, Summary Annual REport |

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Fees to Fix 401(k) Operational Failures

Is My 403(b) Plan Required to have an Audit?

Do You Still Need a 401k Audit?

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