Operating a TPA or Consulting Firm

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1. Best Subscription Service?

   By Guest sjb, November 6, 2003
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   • Appleby
   • September 6, 2005

2. Requesting input...

   By stevena, January 3, 2005
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   • stevena
   • February 10, 2005

3. Paperless

   By austin3515, January 18, 2015
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   • My 2 cents
   • May 27, 2015

4. What's a better name than "TPA"?

   By Dave Baker, July 24, 2020
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   • Below Ground
   • May 31, 2023

5. TPA/ Administrator's Workload

   By coleboy, December 9, 2020
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   • RatherBeGolfing
   • July 12, 2021

6. Unauthorized Practice of Law

   By Guest Grumpy456, April 25, 2008
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   • Peter Gulia
   • May 28, 2008

7. FT William

   By Guest CWM, January 17, 2011
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   • rcline46
   • January 7, 2013

8. Problems with Distributions

   By Below Ground, February 19, 2009
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   • Below Ground
   • February 20, 2009

9. Starting a TPA Firm from Scratch. Need Help!

   By Plan4Retirement, November 30, 2016   

   • new
   • tpa
   • (and 7 more)

     Tagged with:

     • new
     • tpa
     • firm
     • help
     • starting
     • cash balance
     • defined benefits
     • 401k
     • pension
   • 21 replies
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   • chuTzPA
   • December 28, 2016

10. General thoughts on Datair?

    By Mleech, February 19
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    • mbvs
    • May 9

11. incentives for your employees?

    By MR, December 26, 2002
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    • Archimage
    • February 6, 2003

12. Valuation Software

    By Guest erepper, January 19, 2005
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    • Effen
    • January 25, 2005

13. Paperless / PDF Software

    By austin3515, September 30, 2020
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    • Ryan Bartlett
    • June 6

14. Hiring Experienced 401(k) Administrator in 2021

    By susieQ, May 20, 2021
    • 19 replies
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    • MoJo
    • June 11, 2021

15. determing controlled group or affiliate service group status

    By Kimberly S, July 19, 2007
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    • Guest
    • July 21, 2007

16. For which situations does a TPA get a Form 2848 to represent a taxpayer before the IRS?

    By Peter Gulia, April 21, 2017
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    • C. B. Zeller
    • February 25, 2020

17. Employee staffing structure

    By ESI2015, August 9, 2017
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    • K2retire
    • August 22, 2017

18. Marketing

    By Guest pensiondoc, April 30, 1999
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    • Greg Judd
    • September 24, 2001

19. TPA receiving fees from investment product

    By Guest TookThePlunge, August 3, 2007
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    • pmacduff
    • September 10, 2007

20. Must a Form 5500 preparer tell her client that the plan is tax-disqualified?

    By Peter Gulia, August 10, 2010
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    • Ron Snyder
    • September 27, 2010

21. How many years of emails are you saving?

    By austin3515, May 30, 2023
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    • RestAssured
    • November 3, 2023

22. Client fails to pay bills

    By Guest Sparky, June 20, 2003
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    • Locust
    • August 25, 2006

23. TPA administration firm

    By Antonb1985, May 31, 2017
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    • HBinMA
    • May 31, 2017

24. Changing Admin Software

    By perplexedbypensions, September 22, 2017   

    • admin software
    • datair
    • (and 1 more)

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      • admin software
      • datair
      • ft williams
    • 14 replies
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    • Kevin C
    • March 29, 2018

25. 3(16) Services as a TPA

    By mjf06241972, November 2, 2019
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    • Pam Shoup
    • November 11, 2019

26. Beware you may lose a case to Hancock

    By thepensionmaven, June 17, 2010
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    • K2retire
    • September 17, 2010

27. tpa considered plan administrator

    By Guest isg2013, February 7, 2013
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    • Guest
    • March 28, 2013

28. PPP Validation?

    By AmyETPA, April 29, 2020
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    • Catch22PGM
    • May 7, 2020

29. Are TPA Firms "Essential"

    By susieQ, March 30, 2020
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    • ratherbereading
    • March 31, 2020

30. TPA/Recordkeeper Staffing Structures

    By Gadgetfreak, October 12, 2023
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    • Paul I
    • October 13, 2023

31. Sales Dumbth

    By Guest John Kelly, September 4, 1998
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    • Guest
    • May 21, 1999

32. Training Courses

    By coleboy, January 11, 2018
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    • Belgarath
    • January 24, 2018

33. Admin Software

    By Lisa.Q, June 30, 2017
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    • Sriganesh Raman
    • July 1, 2020

34. One Person Office

    By Susan S., June 12, 2013
    • 11 replies
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    • chuTzPA
    • March 10, 2016

35. How much of your work involves a formal appearance before the IRS?

    By Peter Gulia, July 11, 2022
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    • Peter Gulia
    • February 23, 2023

36. liability insurance

    By MJ Hartman, March 23, 2006
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    • Guest
    • September 10, 2007

37. Corrective Dist Authorization

    By JGarbot, November 2, 2017   

    • client authorization
    • fiduciary liability
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • client authorization
      • fiduciary liability
      • best practices
      • adp corrections
      • daily plan administration
    • 11 replies
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    • ESOP Guy
    • November 3, 2017

38. Which notices should we send in the same envelope?

    By Peter Gulia, January 17, 2013   

    • getting mailing efficiencies
    • 11 replies
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    • four01kman
    • February 6, 2013

39. Circular 230 Ethics

    By thepensionmaven, April 22, 2020
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    • Retired, but still reading
    • April 29, 2020

40. ASPPA code of conduct

    By Bird, October 14, 2019
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    • Larry Starr
    • December 12, 2019

41. Market Salary of an entry level 401(k) administrator in the Boston area

    By Guest willwork4shoes, December 31, 2004
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    • stevena
    • January 6, 2005

42. Deconversion Fee

    By goldtpa, November 28, 2017
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    • Pam Shoup
    • November 30, 2017

43. TPA needs support staff on and off - contract employees

    By HarleyBabe, April 9, 2021
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    • Lois Baker
    • April 13, 2021

44. Leads

    By ccassetty, January 10, 2003
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    • ccassetty
    • January 21, 2003

45. May a plan’s administrator override the § 3(16) service provider?

    By Peter Gulia, September 24, 2020   

    • 3(16); discretion
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    • Peter Gulia
    • September 25, 2020

46. How many disclosure items in a typical year?

    By Peter Gulia, June 11, 2020
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    • RatherBeGolfing
    • June 12, 2020

47. DOL audit of TPA Firm ?

    By LauraERPA, August 27, 2009
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    • Monica Barnard
    • February 18, 2011

48. Late Contributions ~ LOI from Sponsor to TPA

    By Guest HiKidsImASrPensionAdmin, June 1, 2006
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    • FormsRstillmylife
    • June 7, 2006

49. Refusing to submit your client’s Form 5500 report

    By Peter Gulia, August 28, 2018   

    • form 5500; efast2
    • 9 replies
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    • david rigby
    • August 30, 2018

50. Paperless

    By austin3515, February 3, 2017
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    • austin3515
    • February 7, 2017