March 17, 2020

The SECURE Act – Plan Sponsor Impact – Part 2

March 17, 2020

The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (“SECURE”) Act which was signed into law in December of 2019 has enacted sweeping changes to the retirement plan industry.  As a result, this is the second in a series of articles that are intended to summarize the most impactful aspects of the SECURE Act as they…

February 18, 2020

Correcting Average Deferral Percentage Test Failures

February 18, 2020

The tax code governing 401(k) plans was written to prevent qualified retirement plans from overly favoring highly compensated employees (HCEs).  A series of non-discrimination tests were devised to measure whether a plan’s design or operation tends to favoring the HCEs over the nonhighly compensated employees (NHCEs).  In our last installment we discussed how the Average…

February 18, 2020

ADP Test Basics

February 18, 2020

The tax code governing 401(k) plans was written to prevent qualified retirement plans from overly favoring Highly Compensated Employees (HCEs).  A series of non-discrimination tests were devised to measure whether a plan’s design or operation lends to favoring the HCEs over the Non-Highly Compensated Employees (NHCEs).  All year end testing begins with the coverage test…