Retirement Meditation #45: Do you know how many compliance tests are required annually for your retirement plan?
A plan sponsor offered a safe harbor 401(k) plan using the basic match formula and wanted to redefine compensation to exclude commissions for deferral and safe…
Retirement Meditation #44: Has my company outgrown its SIMPLE retirement program?
Pre-COVID, a small business investigated a move from their SIMPLE IRA to a more traditional 401(k) plan. The growing organization was approaching and looking…
Retirement Meditation #43: Why is my retirement account balance $0?
Years ago, a local drug store hired my middle daughter into her first “real job” as a retail clerk. She loved the work and servicing the public. She was also…
Retirement Meditation #42: What are the most common retirement plan audit findings?
A manufacturer offering a generous safe harbor 401(k) match noticed that it was losing employee talent and candidates to the competition. A review of its total…
Retirement Meditation #40: What does it mean that my retirement plan is Top Heavy?
A successful HVAC company sponsored a 401(k) plan. They matched 50% the first 6% of an employee’s deferral contributions; thus, a 6% of compensation deferral…
Retirement Meditation #39: When is a non-qualified deferred compensation plan not beneficial?
“Howard” succeeded his father to become the fifth-generation owner of the family’s funeral parlor. Now 60 and seeking to retire himself and with no children…
Retirement Meditation #38: Should my organization offer a non-qualified deferred compensation plan?
A 15-year not-for-profit Executive Director announced her intent to retire in six months, at the end of the organization’s November 30 fiscal year. The Board,…
