When it comes to company retirement plans, almost everyone automatically thinks of a 401(k). While it’s the most popular company-offered plan, it’s not the only one, and isn’t always the most sensible when it comes to reaching your company’s goals.
At McCabe & Associates, we’ve found that many advisors don’t perform the appropriate level of due diligence on their client’s behalf, and automatically suggest a 401(k) plan due to its popularity and availability. But we don’t think that way.
The most important thing to us is meeting your business objectives while also helping your employees have access to a retirement planning tool that can help them meet their goals. With the assistance of a TPA firm, there are several other plan options we look at when developing retirement plans for our business clients, including the following:
- Profit Sharing: In this highly flexible plan, employer contributions are made on a discretionary basis. Contributions can be designed to be allocated proportionately to compensation, or designed to maximize contributions to a certain group of employees.
- Defined Benefit and Cash Balance: This type of plan is funded entirely by the employer. It has a specific formula for determining benefits, and an actuary determines the annual mandatory employer contribution.
- Individual (or Solo) 401(k): An individual 401(k) plan is similar to those sponsored by large corporations, but was designed specifically for employers with no full-time employees other than the business owner(s) and their spouse(s).
- SEP Plan: This is an IRA-based retirement plan that allows you to provide a tax-deferred plan to your employees, and comes with limited administration and plenty of flexibility.
- SIMPLE IRA : Another IRA-based retirement solution designed for small employers, SIMPLE IRAs require employer contributions but are less expensive to administer than your typical 401(k) plan.
Did you consider any of these options before deciding on the design of your plan? Do you have an advisor who is experienced in the retirement plan space and has knowledge of each plan type? Find out how our advisors can help you manage your plan and help you avoid making this mistake.
At McCabe & Associates, retirement plan consulting is not a sideline business. Our advisors average over 30 years of experience in the retirement plan market, and we oversee over $125 million in retirement plan assets. In the end, our goal is to ensure your and your employees’ best interests remain at the forefront of each decision we make together.
To learn more about how we can help you support your business and your employees’ retirement goals, fill out this form and our Director of Retirement Plan Services will contact you directly.