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Retirement Plan Start-Up Tax Credit Needs to be Fixed!
The SECURE Act increases the maximum tax credit (the “start-up tax credit”) that small employers can claim for sponsoring a plan to $5000 per year for three years.
Small employers that join an existi…https://t.co/49vQdUjUtB
https://t.co/nzkIQTmISU Disruption, but also opportunities, will occur in the small employer plan market as more businesses seek professional plan fiduciaries to run PEPs & other plan aggregation solutions. #TAGResources#SECUREAct#RetirementSecurity#PEPs
https://t.co/lZDr6JdXms can help workers save more for retirement through an aggregated 401(k) solution like that provided by TAG Resources instead of through an auto IRA per article’s suggestion.#retirementsaving
Thanks to the SBA & Treasury Dept. in their April 17 Paycheck Protection Program FAQs for recognizing the importance of employer contributions to DC Plans & healthcare costs by excluding them from consideration in determining the payroll costs compensation limits.
The CARES Act programs to help small business keep their workers are underway. See the Senate Small Business Committee guide to accessing funds: https://t.co/GXaQyHe1Bl
See US Chamber small business guide to funds available in the CARESAct https://t.co/QjB23n11VK Keeping workers on payroll will help business ramp up after the crisis & help preserve workers retirement savings #SmallBizRelief#CARESAct#retirementsavings
Advisers & Clients Embrace 3(38) Services https://t.co/SqznylWjV0 services TAG Resources goes further. With its end to end outsourced plan, TAG, as administrative 3(16) fiduciary, selects & monitors the plan’s 3(38) inv mgr
The CARES Act to provide relief for those impacted by the Covid-19 crisis, allowing them to access their workplace retirement savings w/o penalty, & to repay the funds within 3 yrs to preserve tax deferred earnings on those funds for retirement.
The CARES Act provides up to $377B for small business, enabling continued employment for up to 60M employees & 47% of workforce per SBA 2019 report. Continued work means continued saving for retirement.
https://t.co/fPZjd6aJxd notes SECURE Act’s Pooled Employer Plans will cause market disruption. Innovation creates opportunities. Advisors can add value by acting as 3rd party validators to employers selecting their PEP providers. PEPs will increase coverage. Isn’t that the goal?
A new EBRI study finds that adopting Open MEPs alone reduces the retirement savings deficit 1.8% deficit. Open MEPs® provide cost & administrative efficiencies & delegation of plan fiduciary liability to a professional fiduciary like TAG Resources.
#openMEPs#PEPS#SECUREAct
#MEPs and PEPs https://t.co/QQaVIfj3Kp Kaleda (Groom) cites the need for employers to evaluate the named fiduciary for the MEP/PEP to help workers save for retirement. TAG Resources is a respected top expert & leader in MEPs/PEPs. See https://t.co/ApAvxtCOdH