for converting existing 401k or another qualified retirement plan into a 401k plan Note: Though SARSEPs have many 401k characteristics, including a payroll deduction feature, they cannot be converted to 401k plans under current IRS regulations. |
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1.Will this be your company's first 401k plan, or are you replacing an already-existing plan? |
First 401k plan (STOP!!! Please use our New/First Plan Order Form instead of this Conversion Plan Order Form. Thank You.)
Already-existing 401k plan to be converted to a 401k Easy plan.
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2.Company name |
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3.Contact person |
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4.Title |
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5.Phone |
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6.Fax |
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7.E-mail |
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8.Your 401k decision-making role |
Sole decision maker
Making recommendation
Leading committee to gather information
Member of committee to evaluate options
Interested employee
Unsure. Please contact me with help regarding this item.
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9.Company address |
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10.City |
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11.State |
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12.Company mail-to address |
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13.Federal ID Number |
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14.Date business commenced |
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15.Type of entity |
Please indicate your company's type:
C Corporation
Professional Service Corporation
S Corporation
Limited Liability Company taxed as (check one)...
Partnership or Sole Proprietorship
Corporation
S Corporation
Sole Proprietorship
Partnership
Other:
Is your company a member of a controlled group?
Yes
No
Unsure. Please contact me regarding this question.
Is your company a member of an affiliated service group?
Yes
No
Unsure. Please contact me regarding this question.
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16.# of employees on payroll |
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17.Fiscal year on which business is run |
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18.Computer system |
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PART II: PLAN INFORMATION... |
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Note: |
Complete the below ONLY if your company already has a retirement plan and will be having 401k replace that plan.
the 401k plan will be your company's first retirement plan ever, please use our
New Plan Order Form instead of this Conversion Plan Order Form. Thank You.
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19.Type of plan do you want converted into a 401k Easy plan: |
Profit-sharing plan (without 401k features)
Defined benefit plan
Existing 401k
Unsure. Please contact me with help regarding this item.
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20.Approximate size, in assets, of your existing plan: |
No retirement plan (STOP!!! Please use our First Plan Order Form instead of this Plan Conversion Order Form. Thank You.)
Less than $250,000
$250,001-$500,000
$500,001-$10,000,000
More than $10,000,000
Unsure. Please contact me regarding this item.
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21.Designated plan administrator: |
Please name your company's in-house plan administrator (that is, the person at your company who has been handling any 401(k)-related matters and interacting with the outside administrator servicing your plan). Please include his/her title (such as "Controller"), if applicable:
Administrator's phone number: ,
and e-mail address is .
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22.Existing plan's in-house Plan Administrator: |
Please name your company's in-house plan administrator (that is, the person at your company who has been handling any 401(k)-related matters and interacting with the outside administrator servicing your plan). Please include his/her title(such as "Controller), if applicable.
Administrator's phone number: ,
and e-mail address is .
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23....and for your 401k plan: |
Will the same person serve as Plan Administrator for your 401k plan?
Yes
No
will serve as Plan Administrator for our 401k plan.
His/her phone number is ,
and e-mail address is .
His/her title is .
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24.Existing plan's Trustee(s): |
Please name your existing plan's Trustee(s), including his/her/their title(s) (such as "CFO"), as applicable:
Current plan's Trustee(s) phone number(s):
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25....and for your 401k plan: |
Will the same person(s) serve as Trustee(s) for your 401k plan?
Yes
No
If "No", please name the Trustee(s) for your 401k plan. Please list each new Trustee's name, title and phone number:
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26.Compliance test history for your existing plan: |
Did your plan pass last year's compliance tests?
Yes
No
Unsure. Please contact me regarding this item.
Does your plan limit the definition of Highly-Compensated Employees to "the top 20% of employees"?
Yes
No
Unsure. Please contact me regarding this item.
Do you want to change this definition for your 401k plan?
Yes
No
Unsure. Please contact me regarding this item.
Is your plan currently top-heavy?
Yes
No
Unsure. Please contact me regarding this item.
Date of last battery of compliance tests:
Unsure. Please contact me regarding our last battery of compliance tests.
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27.5500 Series filing: |
For what year was your last plan 5500 series filing with the IRS?
Unsure. Please contact me regarding our last 5500 series filing year.
Date filed (month, year):
Unsure. Please contact me regarding our last 5500 series filing date.
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28.Plan Year for your existing plan: |
On what Plan Year does your existing plan operate?
Calendar year (January 1 - December 31)
Other:
Unsure. Please contact me regarding this item.
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29.Plan inception date for your existing plan: |
When was your current plan established?
Month:
Year:
Unsure. Please contact me regarding this item.
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30.Age requirement used for participation in your existing plan: |
What age requirement is currently being used for participation in your existing company plan?
None
20 1/2
21
Other (please specify):
Unsure. Please contact me regarding this item.
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31....and for your 401k plan: |
What age requirement do you want use for your 401k plan?
Keep existing plan's age requirement for 401k plan.
Change age requirement to "None" for 401k plan.
Change age requirement to "20 1/2" for 401k plan.
Change age requirement to "21" for 401k plan.
Change age requirement to for our 401k plan.
Unsure. Please contact me with help regarding our 401k plan age requirement.
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32.Length of Service requirement for participation in your current plan: |
What length of service requirement is currently being used for participation in your existing company plan?
None
Three (3) months of service with the company
Six (6) months of service with the company
One (1) year of service with the company
Other (please specify):
Unsure. Please contact me regarding our 401k plan length of service requirement.
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33....and for your 401k plan: |
What length of service requirement do you want use for your 401k plan?
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34.Participation exclusions in your existing plan: |
Does your current plan exclude any categories of employees from participation?
Yes
No
Unsure. Please contact me regarding participation exclusions used in our existing company plan.
If "Yes", please identify the classes of employees currently excluded from participation in your existing company plan: (check all that apply)
Union members
Non-resident aliens
Other:
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35....and for your 401k plan: |
Do you want your 401k plan to exclude any categories of employees from participation?
Yes
No
Unsure. Please contact me regarding participation exclusions for our 401k plan.
If "Yes", please identify the classes of employees you'd like excluded from participation in your 401k plan: (check all that apply)
Union members
Non-resident aliens
Unsure. Please contact me regarding what participation exclusions to use for our 401k plan.
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36.Automatic enrollment in your existing plan: |
Does your plan currently use automatic enrollment?
(click for more information)
Yes
No
Unsure. Please contact me regarding this item.
If "Yes", what is the existing default contribution rate to be for automatically enrolled participants?
Not applicable. Do not want auto enrollment used in our 401k plan.
3%
4%
5%
Unsure. Please contact me regarding using auto enrollment in our 401k plan.
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37....and for your new 401k Easy plan: |
Do you want your 401k Easy plan to use automatic enrollment?
(click for more information)
Yes
No
Unsure. Please contact me regarding this item.
If "Yes", what would you like the default contribution rate to be for automatically enrolled participants?
Not applicable. Do not want auto enrollment used in our 401k plan.
3%
4%
5%
Unsure. Please contact me regarding using auto enrollment in our 401k plan.
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38.Employer contributions in your existing plan: |
Your company can contribute to plan participants' accounts in either (or both) of two ways: (1) matching contributions and/or (2) profit-sharing contributions. Matching contributions are defined in terms of participant contributions (e.g., 50¢ contributed by the employer for each dollar contributed by the plan participant), whereas profit-sharing contributions are tied to some other variable, such as compensation.
1) What MATCHING CONTRIBUTION formula is currently being used in your existing company plan?
No employer matching contributions are being made.
Our company makes matching contributions at a rate of
% (e.g., 50%) to each dollar our participants defer into the plan.
Our company makes matching contributions at a rate of
% (e.g., 50%) to each dollar our participants defer into the plan, up to a maximum annual matching contribution of $
per participant per year.
Other:
Unsure. Please contact me regarding our existing plan's matching contribution formula.
2) Has your company made any PROFIT-SHARING CONTRIBUTIONS in your existing company plan?
No profit-sharing contributions have been or are being made in our existing plan.
Yes, our company has made/does make profit-sharing contributions in our existing plan.
Unsure. Please contact me regarding profit-sharing contributions made to our existing plan.
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39....and for your 401k Easy plan: |
1) Do you want to use a different MATCHING CONTRIBUTION formula for your 401k plan?
2) Would your company like to have the option of being able to make DISCRETIONARY EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS (i.e., profit-sharing contributions) to employees' accounts?
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40.Vesting of employer contributions in your existing plan: |
1) What vesting formula is currently being applied to any EMPLOYER MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS being made in your existing company plan?
2) What vesting formula is currently being applied to any EMPLOYER PROFIT-SHARING CONTRIBUTIONS being made in your existing company plan?
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41....and for your 401k Easy plan: |
"Vesting" refers to ownership. For instance, if you pick Schedule D below and a plan participant leaves your company after 2 years, he or she will only be entitled to 20% of any relevant employer contributions made by your company to his or her account. The remainder will go into a pool that your company can choose to use for employer contributions owed to other participants.
What vesting formula do you want to use for any employer contributions? Mark your choice for any profit-sharing contributions in column P-S Contribs and for any matching contributions in column Match Contribs.
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42.Loans:
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Does your existing plan currently allow for 401(k) loans?
(click for more information)
Yes (approximate number of outstanding loans: ).
No.
Unsure. Please contact me regarding this item.
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43.and for your 401k Easy plan: |
Do you want your 401k plan to allow for new 401k loans?
(click for more information)
Yes
No
Unsure. Please contact me regarding this item.
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44.Investments offered in your existing plan: |
Please list the investments currently being offered within your company plan:
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45....and for your 401k Easy plan: |
Do you want to continue offering these investments within your 401k plan, or would you prefer to have 401k deferrals from the plan conversion date forward go into a different set of investments (existing deferrals will stay in the funds in which they are currently invested):
Unsure. Please contact me regarding investment offerings for our 401k plan.
Continue with existing plan investments (SKIP TO SAFE HARBOR)
Have new deferrals go to a new set of investments, as defined in your responses to items 46 and 47, below.
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46.401k plan Investments: INVESTMENT TYPE
(view investment listings) |
Please indicate the type of investments you want for your 401k plan:
(click for a pop-up window about your 401k investment options)
Self-Directed Brokerage Accounts only
No-Load Mutual Funds only
Load Mutual Funds only
Unsure. Please contact me regarding the type of investments to offer within our 401k plan.
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47.401k plan Investments: INVESTMENT FAMILY
(view investment listings) |
Please indicate the family of mutual funds and/or the brokerage account you
wish to offer within your 401k plan (for example, T. Rowe Price
mutual funds or Charles Schwab OneSource brokerage accounts). If you have not
already done so, you should look through our investment listings to view your options. Alternately, you can contact us for help by clicking the "Unsure..." button below.
Self-Directed Brokerage Accounts only
No-Load Mutual Funds only
Load Mutual Funds only
Unsure. Please contact me regarding the type of investments to offer within our 401k plan.
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47A.Is your current 401k a "Safe Harbor" plan?
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Yes
No
Unsure. Please contact me regarding the "Safe Harbor" designation.
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48.Safe Harbor Designations: |
The IRS allows 401k plan sponsors an alternative to subjecting their 401k plans to annual discrimination testing. The safe harbor method of plan operation lets employers instead make certain contributions to the plan, with immediate vesting of the contributions to employees' 401k accounts.
(click for more information)
Do you want to operate your 401k Easy plan as a safe harbor 401k plan?
Yes
No (you can skip the rest of this section 48)
Unsure. Please contact me regarding operating our 401k plan as a safe harbor plan.
If you are choosing to operate your 401k Easy plan as a safe harbor plan, which employer contribution formula would you like to employ?
If you are choosing to operate your 401k Easy plan as a safe harbor MATCHING CONTRIBUTION plan, how often do you want your employer matching contributions to be made?
Not applicable (don't want to use the safe harbor method)
Annually
Per payroll period
Per month
Per quarter
Unsure. Please contact me regarding the frequency of making our 401k safe harbor employer contributions.
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48A.401k Cost Sharing Program: |
Should employees who participate in the company's 401k pay a nominal fee towards the plan's annual administration costs? Today many 401k plans of all sizes require participants to pay a small portion of the 401k administration costs, in the same way that employees are required to pay towards their employer-provided health insurance. Nominal 401k administration fees (i.e. $3, $6, $9, $12, etc.) deducted quarterly from each participant's 401k account can reduce the net cost of the company's 401k administration costs by 20% to 50% annually.
Yes
No
Unsure. I would like to learn more about the 401k Cost Sharing Program
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PART III: PURCHASE INFORMATION... |
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49.The price of your 401k system: (The 401k is licensed on a
calendar year basis, which requires the purchase of a new license at the beginning of each calendar year)
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One-time only set-up fee |
$495 |
$595 |
$795 |
1 eligible employee |
$395 |
$495 |
$695 |
2-4 eligible employees |
$495 |
$695 |
$1195 |
5-10 eligible employees |
$695 |
$895 |
$1395 |
11-15 eligible employees |
$795 |
$995 |
$1495 |
16-20 eligible employees |
$995 |
$1295 |
$1795 |
21-25 eligible employees |
$1195 |
$1595 |
$2095 |
26-30 eligible employees |
$1395 |
$1795 |
$2295 |
31-35 eligible employees |
$1595 |
$1995 |
$2495 |
36-40 eligible employees |
$1795 |
$2195 |
$2695 |
41-45 eligible employees |
$1995 |
$2395 |
$2895 |
46-50 eligible employees |
$2195 |
$2595 |
$3095 |
more than 50 eligible employees |
$2195+ $200 for each additional 5 eligible employees |
$2595+ $250 for each additional 5 eligible employees |
$3095+ $300 for each additional 5 eligible employees |
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Please Note: All first-year clients are charge the one-time only plan set-up fee. The pricing above applies to the first year of service only. Renewal fees may be adjusted because no set-up fee is charged in subsequent years. |
Secure online plan management for employer |
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Secure online account management for participants |
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Self-directed brokerage with unlimited investments |
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Unlimited selection of no-load mutual funds |
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Signature-ready 5500-SF and 1099 filings |
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Employer sends purchase orders and contribution payments to custodian |
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Employer authorizes contribution purchases online, anytime day or night |
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The price of your 401k Easy: (The 401k is licensed on a calendar year basis, which requires the purchase of a new license at the beginning of each calendar year)
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50. FIRST-YEAR-ONLY setup fee
(Remember, this fixed fee, unlike the above money-back guaranteed Annual Fee, is
NONREFUNDABLE, though generally tax-deductible. We encourage prospective clients
to try our free Product Demo to make sure they like 401k before they have us set up a customized a system for them.)
$ (SET-UP FEE)
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51.TOTAL (system price + setup fee):
$ (TOTAL)
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PART IV: PAYMENT PREFERENCE... |
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52.NO PAYMENT IS DUE AT THIS TIME.
We will contact you within 24 hours of receiving your order to confirm your designations and answer any questions you have.
Do you prefer to be contacted regarding your order by telephone or e-mail?
Contact by phone
Contact by e-mail
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53.When your 401k representative calls you to go over any items about which you marked "Unsure..." and to collect additional information needed for your plan's official Summary Plan Description (SPD) and Prototype Plan Adoption Agreement, you will be able to pay your 401k customization fee using your Visa, Mastercard, or by check through the mail; there is a five-day holding period on all check orders.
As soon as we receive your payment we will customize your software, prepare official documents for your review, then set-up out your customized system. You can have your 401k up and running within the week.
Please indicate at right your payment preference.
credit card via phone
check
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Part V: How did you hear about us? |
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54.One last thing before you submit your order: Please tell us how your heard about 401k Easy:
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55.Now please look over our User's Agreement, then submit your order or inquiry. (Submitting an order acknowledges that you have read and accept our User's Agreement but in no way obligates you to making any purchase.)
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