{"id":4417,"date":"2019-12-23T22:56:29","date_gmt":"2019-12-24T03:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/therosenbaumlawfirm.com\/blog\/?p=4417"},"modified":"2019-12-23T22:56:29","modified_gmt":"2019-12-24T03:56:29","slug":"there-is-a-cost-to-those-free-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/therosenbaumlawfirm.com\/blog\/?p=4417","title":{"rendered":"There is a cost to those free plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is nothing wrong with free unless there is a hidden cost involved. Small business plans that don\u2019t require filing a Form 5500 is great until you realize the cost in saving for retirement plans.<\/p>\n<p>SEPs are a nice plan, but there is no opportunity for salary deferrals and you have to give the same percentage contribution to all your employees. A Simple IRA is nice too, but the deferral limit is a lot less than a 401(k) plan and again, contributions must be pro-rata, which means no greater percentage of contributions to you as owners. A solo 401(k) plan is nice too, but it\u2019s obsolete the moment you hire an employee.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever your situation is as a plan sponsor, you do yourself a disservice by not looking at all the different options of retirement plans out there and seeing what fits you.<\/p>\n<p><span class='st_sharethis' st_title='{title}' st_url='{url}' displayText='ShareThis'><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is nothing wrong with free unless there is a hidden cost involved. Small business plans that don\u2019t require filing a Form 5500 is great until you realize the cost in saving for retirement plans. SEPs are a nice plan, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/therosenbaumlawfirm.com\/blog\/?p=4417\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class='st_sharethis' st_title='{title}' st_url='{url}' displayText='ShareThis'><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/therosenbaumlawfirm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4417"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/therosenbaumlawfirm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/therosenbaumlawfirm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therosenbaumlawfirm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therosenbaumlawfirm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4417"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/therosenbaumlawfirm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4418,"href":"https:\/\/therosenbaumlawfirm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4417\/revisions\/4418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/therosenbaumlawfirm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therosenbaumlawfirm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therosenbaumlawfirm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}