Chesterfield Regional Chamber 401(k) Retirement Plan Exchange® Solution
Chesterfield Regional Chamber 401(k) Retirement Plan Exchange® is a complete, cost-effective, turnkey retirement solution.
Chesterfield Regional Chamber has partnered with Transamerica to help employers spend more time running their business, not their retirement plan. TAG's design handles administrative duties, reduces your risk, and is cost-effective.
What is it?
The Chesterfield Regional Chamber 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 provide compliance assurance with those regulations in order to reduce fines and penalties.
Advantages
5 advantages with the Chesterfield Regional Chamber 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 Resources, 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 Chesterfield Regional Chamber 401(k) Retirement Plan Exchange® 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 Chesterfield Regional Chamber 401(k) Retirement Plan Exchange® is built on a pooled pricing model and may cost less than other programs offering fewer comprehensive services.
Administrative responsibilities
Chesterfield Regional Chamber 401(k) Retirement Plan Exchange® solution removes more than 90% of your administrative tasks compared to sponsoring a plan outside the Exchange.
Your load is lighter with the Chesterfield Regional Chamber 401(k) Retirement Plan Exchange® solution.
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 Chesterfield Regional Chamber 401(k) Retirement Plan Exchange® solution, 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 penalties are $250 per day up to a maximum of $150,000. The DOL penalty is up to $2,739 per day, with no maximum.
As named fiduciaries on your plan, we 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 Chesterfield Regional Chamber 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
Chesterfield Regional Chamber
The Chesterfield Chamber of Commerce is proud to play a role in the growth and promotion of our fine community. With a membership of more than 650 commercial, industrial, retail and professional firms and representing more than 27,000 employees, the Chamber is committed to the best for Chesterfield and our members. Read more regarding the Chamber of Commerce and membership.
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).
As such, TAG Resources is responsible for the day-to-day operations of your plan. The functions we perform on your behalf include: the signing and filing of the Form 5500, include services such as 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
The Plan Advocate
Imagine the gears and cogs in any modern day machine. Be it a car, a bike, or a clock, the most important thing is that all the gears work together to produce the desired effect. The Plan Advocate at Independence Square Advisors approaches your corporate retirement plan in a similar manner. We strive to minimize a plan sponsor’s efforts in running a successful retirement program by helping ensure all the gears are running smoothly, including fiduciary liabilities, financial wellness programs, and plan implementation. Our streamlined and defined process strives to make developing and sponsoring a retirement plan as stress-free and effective as possible. Contact us today to start crafting a retirement plan you and your employees can feel confident in.
Financial professional
Bruce Ward, CFP, CHFC, CLU, RICP
We are ready to help.
Visit us today at www.chesterfieldmochamber.com