Employee Benefits

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Is your company’s benefit plan the best it can be? Do you have any concerns or questions about it? Considering your 401(k) plan, for instance:

• Are you getting good service at a reasonable price?
• Do employees understand the plan and their investment options?
• Is investment performance meeting your expectations?
• Are you concerned about fiduciary responsibility and potential liabilities?
• Can employees access their plan account information and perform basic transactions on-line?
• Are you getting prompt, personal attention?

We’re the “daily-valuation” expert.  We specialize in 401(k) problem solving and in maximizing the value of 401(k) plans for employers and employees. Clients enjoy our:

• Obsessive handholding throughout all statges of the plan administration cycle
• Relentless focus on maximizing contributions made on behalf of the owners/key personnel, while keeping the expense for the employees’ company contributions in check
• Abundant, diverse participant investment education and advisory
• Quick report turn-around time

• Plan Installation
• Participant Record Keeping
• Compliance Testing
• Investment Advisory & Education
• Government Forms Preparation

Our consultants custom tailor each program to best meet the employer-client’s needs, while still providing a benefit appreciated by the employees:

1.   Retirement Plans

• SEP’s
• SAR-SEP’s (Pre-1997 plans are grandfathered)
• SIMPLE plans
• Profit Sharing Plans, including New-Comparability
• 401(k) Plans
• 403(b) Plans

2.   College Savings

• 529 Plans

3.   Cafeteria Plans

• Premium Only Plans
• Flexible Spending Accounts