New York State Restaurant Association 401(k) Retirement Plan Exchange® Solution
New York State Restaurant Association 401(k) Retirement Plan Exchange® is a complete, cost-effective, turnkey retirement solution.
New York State Restaurant Association has partnered with Transamerica to help employers spend more time running their business, not their retirement plan. The plan is designed to handle administrative duties, reduce your risk, and be cost-effective.
What is it?
The New York State Restaurant Association 401(k) Retirement Plan Exchange® uses Transamerica's 401(k) Retirement Plan Exchange® solution platform. It is based on sound structural elements that have been developed over the past 20 years, reviewed, and successfully tested to accept fiduciary responsibilities specified by ERISA law and IRS and Department of Labor (DOL) regulations while striving to maintain compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
Advantages
5 advantages with the New York State Restaurant Association 401(k) Retirement Plan Exchange®
Making it simple
Employers don't want to be 401(k) experts.
As the plan's third party administrator, TAG Resources supports plan setup, implementation, monitoring, enrollment, and other duties.
Fiduciary protection
Employers don’t want to be at risk.
By shifting administrative and certain named fiduciary duties to TAG, employers can significantly reduce their defined legal obligations and responsibilities.
Compliant
Employers don’t want fines or penalties.
The plan uses processes developed to administer plans according to DOL and IRS guidance to help avoid compliance issues.
Well-known providers
Employers want to work with industry leaders.
The New York State Restaurant Association 401(k) combines industry-leading professional service providers for "end-to-end" retirement plan oversight, including robust tools and resources for employees.
Cost-effective
Employers don’t want to overpay.
The New York State Restaurant Association 401(k) is built on a pooled pricing model and may cost less than other programs offering fewer comprehensive services.
Administrative responsibilities
The New York State Restaurant Association 401(k) Retirement Plan Exchange® removes more than 90% of your administrative tasks compared to sponsoring a plan outside of the Exchange.
Your load is lighter with the New York State Restaurant Association 401(k) Retirement Plan Exchange®
As a retirement plan sponsor, your primary responsibilities* are to select and monitor service providers and:
- Upload payroll files**
- Collect year-end data**
Without the New York State Restaurant Association 401(k) Retirement Plan Exchange®, your responsibilities are:
- 3(38) Investment Manager Appointment, Monitoring, and Removal
- 402(g) Limit Reporting
- 404(a)(5) Notice Distribution
- 404(c) Notice Distribution
- 408(b)(2) Notice Distribution
- Annual Discrimination & Coverage Testing
- Auto-Enrollment Notice Distribution
- Beneficiary Determinations
- Blackout Notice Distribution
- Census Review
- Corrective Distributions
- Death Benefit Approval
- Distribution Processing
- DOL and IRS Issue Resolution Assistance
- Eligibility Calculations
- Eligibility Notifications
- Error Correction Monitoring
- Force Out Processing
- Form 5330 Preparation & Filing
- Form 5500 Preparation, Signing, & Filing
- Form 8955 Preparation, Signing, & Filing
- Fund Change Notice Distribution
- Hardship Withdrawal Approval
- Loan Approval & Reporting
- Loan Default Monitoring
- Loan Policy Administration
- Lost Earnings Calculations
- Participant Enrollment Assistance
- Payroll Aggregation
- Plan Design Review
- Plan Document Interpretation
- Plan Document Preparation & Archiving
- QDIA Notice Distribution
- QDRO Determinations & Reporting
- Required Minimum Distributions
- Safe Harbor Notice Distributions
- Summary Annual Report Production & Distribution
- Summary of Material Modification Notice Distribution
- Summary Plan Description Production & Distribution
- Termination Date Verification & Maintenance
- Termination Withdrawal Approval
- Vesting Verification & Tracking
- Year-End Data Collection & Review
DOL audits can be costly for your business!
The IRS penalty for late filing of a 5500-series return is $250 per day, up to a maximum of $150,000. The DOL penalty for late filing can run up to $2,739 per day, with no maximum.
The New York State Restaurant Association 401(k) Retirement Plan Exchange® and TAG Resources, as named fiduciaries on your plan, will mitigate this risk for you, provided that your business provides complete, accurate, and timely data for TAG to prepare and submit the Form 5500 filing on your behalf.
Core benefits
Removes pressure
Takes pressure off your internal administrative resources and allows you to use those resources elsewhere.
ERISA support
Provides access to service providers with ERISA and investment expertise
Fiduciary responsibility
TAG delivers fiduciary protection at the highest level
Work with investment professionals
Outsources investment selection responsibility to investment professionals
Over 20 years of experience
Experience over enthusiasm
Retirement plan providers are currently struggling to deal with pooled structures. Many are enthusiastically working with pooled plans, such as pooled employer plans (PEPs), for the first time. Transamerica has been an innovator in pooled structures for nearly 25 years. Our experience has helped employers understand how to structure the plan to get the best savings and protection available to you.
We have a proven track record of understanding employers' needs and effectively meeting those needs.
Additionally, retirement plans carry significant fiduciary liability and government compliance exposure for employers. The New York State Restaurant Association 401(k) Retirement Plan Exchange® outsources most fiduciary responsibilities and compliance to TAG Resources to the highest extent available. While most retirement plans do not offer this level of fiduciary and compliance assistance, TAG works as your retirement department by becoming a signatory named fiduciary on your retirement plan.
Participant experience
Driving participant success
The Transamerica participant experience is designed to help people understand if their savings and investment strategy is in line with their retirement goals. It starts with enrollment and continues with personalized communications and financial education showing participants how they can improve their retirement readiness.
An easy-to-understand forecast is generated by the underlying methodology provided by Morningstar. Using simple weather icons, it shows participants if their current investment strategy is likely to produce the income they’re seeking in retirement and offers steps to improve their chances of achieving their goals. Your Retirement Outlook® is featured prominently on the participant website, mobile app, and quarterly statements.
Key partnerships
New York State Restaurant Association
As the voice of the hospitality industry in New York, the New York State Restaurant Association provides restaurant owners with the resources, support, and effective advocacy they need to succeed. This includes offering a 401(k) option for our members to help attract and retain talent in a competitive marketplace.
Plan administrator
TAG Resources
TAG Resources is a named fiduciary as a plan administrator and a non-investment 3(21) fiduciary under ERISA sections 402(a), 3(16), and 3(21). It is our job to perform all functions necessary to keep your plan compliant.
As such, TAG is responsible for the day-to-day operations of your plan. The functions we perform on your behalf include services such as: the signing and filing of the Form 5500, QDRO determinations, plan operations, participant claims and appeals, distributions, and beneficiary determinations.
Recordkeeper
Transamerica
Transamerica is an industry-leading recordkeeper with nearly 25 years of experience with pooled arrangements. Our time-tested recordkeeping technology offers a proven infrastructure allowing for pooled arrangements, ensuring a plan will be administered successfully and accurately for the plan participant’s transition to retirement.
Investment manager
Fiduciary-Plus
Fiduciary-Plus is a named fiduciary to the plan, responsible for the investment selection, monitoring, and ongoing due diligence of the funds in the investment menu in accordance with the Investment Policy Statement (IPS) for the plan. RPA Financial helps business owners and plan committees manage fiduciary liability by accepting responsibility for investment decisions as an ERISA-defined 3(38) discretionary investment manager and also offers clients cost analysis with annual fee benchmarking, plan governance educational webinars, and a fiduciary vault to support storage of vital documentation. As the 3(38) investment manager, RPA Financial has over $24 billion in assets under advisement as of December 31, 2023.
Financial professional
Compass Advisors
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