Benefits for You, Your Business and Your Employees
A retirement plan has benefits for you, your business, and your employees. Invest now for financial security when you and your employees retire, attract and retain the best employees, and benefit from potential tax advantages and other incentives. We offer a variety of plans for you and your business, regardless of its size.
IRA - Traditional and Roth
These days, an IRA, or Individual Retirement Account, remains one of the best ways to make sure you’ll be financially secure throughout your retirement years. Choose from a variety of investment options to secure your future.
Tax-deductible contributions (Traditional IRA)
Tax-free withdrawals (Roth IRA)
Rollover IRA - Traditional and Roth
Give your old 401(k) a fresh start by rolling it over to an IRA.
Continued tax-deferred growth
The potential for more investment options
Easily monitor and manage your investments in one place
Convenient access to investment information and tax records
Possible fee savings
SIMPLE IRA Plans
For business owners with a small number of employees, a SIMPLE IRA plan (Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees) allows both the employees and employer to contribute to traditional individual retirement arrangement (IRA) plans set up for the employees.
Like traditional IRAs, these plans are tax-deferred
For companies with 100 or fewer eligible employees
Minimal administrative oversight and fees
401(k) and 403(b) Plans
Defined contribution 401(k) plans allow employees to make contributions from their paychecks. Also available are 403(b) tax-sheltered annuity (TSA) plans offered by public schools and certain tax-exempt organizations.
Taxes deferred on contributions and earnings until withdrawal
Investments can be a mix of mutual funds, company stock, individual securities, real estate, and more
We can help you to design your plan and administer and manage plan assets
Profit Sharing
This is a type of defined contribution plan that allows the plan or employer to determine annually how much will be contributed to the plan (out of profits or otherwise).
Provides employer with discretion over profit-sharing contributions
May be combined with a 401(k) plan
Features tax-deductible contribution and plan expenses
Defined Benefit Plan
Known as a traditional pension plan, this type of plan promises participants a specified monthly benefit at retirement. Benefit may be based on factors such as their salary, age and years worked for the employer.
Two basic kinds of defined benefit plans: pensions and cash-balance plans
Employer has complete charge of participant’s investments
Cash-balance plans are portable; pensions are not
Nonqualified Plans
Designed to meet specialized retirement needs for key executives and other select employees, these plans are also exempt from the discriminatory and top-heavy testing to which qualified plans are subject.
May supplement qualified retirement plans for higher paid employees
Offers the employer the flexibility to change annual contributions
Contributions are tax-deferred for the employee until retirement
Simplified Employee Pension (SEP) Plans
With SEP plans, employers contribute on a tax-favored basis to IRAs owned by their employees. SEP plans are generally easier to manage and administer than other types of retirement plans.
Annual contributions are discretionary and tax-deductible to the employer
Fewer administrative requirements than qualified plans
Earnings grow tax-deferred until withdrawn
Disclosure:
Always consult with your independent attorney or tax advisor before making any tax-related financial decision, or changing or implementing any financial, tax or estate planning strategy.
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