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Automatic (Enrollment) for the People - Losing Your Discretion

Adam C. Pozek 02/6/23
Ever since creating the ACA, EACA, and QACA as part of the Pension Protection Act of 2006, Congress has acted like automatic enrollment is the greatest thing since sliced bread when it comes to improving workers’ retirement savings (never mind how ridiculous those acronyms sound, especially all together like that). They have continued down that ...
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When Is the Best Time to Set Up a Safe Harbor 401(K) Plan?

DWC 06/17/21
Facts We have been thinking about setting a safe harbor 401(k) plan and have heard that there are some pretty stringent timing requirements depending on some of the provisions we select.
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Can We Add a Safe Harbor Provision While Maintaining Flexibility in Contribution Costs?

DWC 09/22/20
DWC 401(k) Q&A Question of the Week: Adding Safe Harbor Provision, Maintaining Contribution Cost Flexibility
Facts We currently sponsor a 401(k) plan and have been debating adding a safe harbor provision for 2021. While the idea of buying our way out of the ADP/ACP tests is appealing, we’re nervous about the idea of a mandatory contribution. If cash flow isn’t what we expect in a given year, we don’t want to be stuck with expensive contributions.
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What New Tax Credits are Available for Adding an Automatic Enrollment Feature to our Plan?

DWC 02/4/20
Facts Our business currently has a retirement plan and we are considering adding automatic enrollment. We have heard that there are new tax credits available to employers who include automatic enrollment features in their plans.
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What is the Simplest Way to Add Automatic Enrollment to our Plan?

DWC 01/7/20
QOTW - 1.7.2020 - What is the Simplest Way to Add Automatic Enrollment to our Plan - Plan Design
Facts We are considering adding automatic enrollment to our 401(k) plan. We’ve read some of the other posts on your website about EACAs and QACAs, but that all seems like a lot of extra complexity that we don’t really need. We’re really just looking for the basics; we want employees who don’t take any action to be automatically in rather than ...
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Is There a Plan Design that Combines the Benefits of Automatic Enrollment and Safe Harbor?

DWC 10/15/19
QOTW - 10.15.2019 - Is There a Plan Design that Combines the Benefits of Automatic Enrollment and Safe Harbor - Plan Design
Facts My company sponsors a 401(k) plan, and we fail the annual ADP test pretty consistently. We really want to increase participation; not only to help our test results, but also to encourage our employees to save for retirement. Automatic enrollment would help with participation, but we would have to set the default rate too high in order for it ...
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What is Automatic Enrollment and How Does it Work?

DWC 09/17/19
QOTW - 9.17.2019 - What is Automatic Enrollment and How Does it Work - Plan Design
Facts Our company sponsors a 401(k) plan, but very few of our participants are contributing. We started the plan as an added benefit to help attract and retain employees, but we also truly want to encourage our employees to save for retirement. I’ve heard a lot about something called automatic enrollment and how it can be a great tool to get ...
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