Operating a TPA or Consulting Firm

381 topics in this forum

1. Business Continuity Plans for smaller tpa firms

   By TPApril, March 29, 2020
   • 8 replies
   • 1.4k views
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   • leevena
   • May 1, 2020

2. Circular 230 Ethics

   By thepensionmaven, April 22, 2020
   • 11 replies
   • 2.4k views
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   • Retired, but still reading
   • April 29, 2020

3. More money for Paycheck Protection Program

   By Peter Gulia, April 21, 2020
   • 3 replies
   • 795 views
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   • Diane Thompson
   • April 23, 2020

4. TPA as Trustee in Plan Document

   By JustMe, April 22, 2020
   • 6 replies
   • 1.7k views
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   • Luke Bailey
   • April 23, 2020

5. LOOKING FOR 412(i) PLAN TPA FOR 1 PERSON PLAN

   By RayJJohnsonJr, October 10, 2019
   • 3 replies
   • 1.1k views
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   • RayJJohnsonJr
   • April 7, 2020

6. Secure data exchange website

   By chuTzPA, March 31, 2020
   • 2 replies
   • 768 views
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   • goldtpa
   • March 31, 2020

7. Are TPA Firms "Essential"

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

8. Fee survey/question

   By ESOP Guy, March 11, 2020
   • 1 reply
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   • RatherBeGolfing
   • March 11, 2020

9. Plan's right upon termination of TPA

   By chuTzPA, March 2, 2020
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   • Pam Shoup
   • March 3, 2020

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

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

11. ASPPA code of conduct

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

12. 3(16) Services as a TPA

    By mjf06241972, November 2, 2019
    • 13 replies
    • 3.2k views
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    • Pam Shoup
    • November 11, 2019

13. If our client steals the plan...

    By Dalai Pookah, October 23, 2019   

    • ethics crime
    • 6 replies
    • 1.8k views
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    • Larry Starr
    • October 24, 2019

14. FT William DTS

    By RatherBeGolfing, August 14, 2019
    • 4 replies
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    • RatherBeGolfing
    • August 14, 2019

15. Does a TPA know that a plan’s assets don’t qualify for the audit waiver?

    By Peter Gulia, July 25, 2019   

    • small plan; audit; independent qualified public accountant
    • 5 replies
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    • Bri
    • July 26, 2019

16. Client Payroll Issue

    By mming, June 25, 2019
    • 8 replies
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    • RatherBeGolfing
    • June 30, 2019

17. E-mail Retention Policy

    By JWRB, June 14, 2019
    • 9 replies
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    • ratherbereading
    • June 24, 2019

18. Admin Agreements with new client

    By HarleyBabe, June 19, 2019
    • 0 replies
    • 822 views
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    • HarleyBabe
    • June 19, 2019

19. TPA Firms For Sale

    By Lifer, June 16, 2017
    • 3 replies
    • 2.3k views
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    • D.W. Gillman
    • June 6, 2019

20. Becoming an Owner

    By Guest Vanilla, June 13, 2013   

    • TPA Owner
    • 4 replies
    • 2.9k views
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    • D.W. Gillman
    • June 6, 2019

21. In Acquisition Mode

    By Steve A, May 30, 2019   

    • tpa owner
    • 0 replies
    • 666 views
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    • Steve A
    • May 30, 2019

22. Average salary, plan count for administrators

    By davisbmsc1, March 4, 2019
    • 3 replies
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    • davisbmsc1
    • March 5, 2019

23. E&O insurance for TPA???

    By Lori H, August 28, 2018
    • 4 replies
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    • thepensionmaven
    • January 14, 2019

24. Record Retention for Terminated Clients

    By seatpa, April 15, 2017
    • 5 replies
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    • Retirement ForUsAll
    • December 17, 2018

25. Firm Organization - Separate roles for client communciation vs. administration or does the plan administrator do it all?

    By 401(k)athryn, October 24, 2018
    • 3 replies
    • 932 views
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    • 401(k)athryn
    • October 29, 2018

26. Small TPA looking to expand

    By TPAexplorer, October 22, 2018
    • 0 replies
    • 780 views
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    • TPAexplorer
    • October 22, 2018

27. Relius Contractor

    By Doghouse, July 13, 2018
    • 4 replies
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    • Nic Pospiech
    • August 30, 2018

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

    By Peter Gulia, August 28, 2018   

    • form 5500; efast2
    • 9 replies
    • 2.5k views
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    • david rigby
    • August 30, 2018

29. Acquisition/Partnership Opportunities

    By EastCoast TPA, June 14, 2017
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    • SM
    • July 10, 2018

30. PLANS FOR SALE

    By MidSouthTPA, April 17, 2018
    • 6 replies
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    • SM
    • July 10, 2018

31. Service Agreements vs Purchase Orders

    By chuTzPA, May 23, 2018
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    • rr_sphr
    • May 24, 2018

32. Target Clients

    By ERISAAPPLE, May 3, 2018
    • 4 replies
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    • ratherbereading
    • May 7, 2018

33. Does anyone check whether a new customer's executive has been barred from serving as a fiduciary?

    By Peter Gulia, April 2, 2018
    • 6 replies
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    • JamesK
    • April 4, 2018

34. Changing Admin Software

    By perplexedbypensions, September 22, 2017   

    • admin software
    • datair
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • admin software
      • datair
      • ft williams
    • 14 replies
    • 4k views
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    • Kevin C
    • March 29, 2018

35. Tax Reform for TPA's

    By ERISAd and confused, February 13, 2018   

    • tax reform
    • professional services
    • 3 replies
    • 1.5k views
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    • david rigby
    • February 14, 2018

36. Business Activity Code for TPA firm

    By Sully, February 3, 2018
    • 4 replies
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    • Suzanne Wynn, JD, LLM Tax
    • February 6, 2018

37. Training Courses

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

38. Deconversion Fee

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

39. SEEKING TO PURCHASE MEDICAL TPA

    By Ken Harrison, November 19, 2017
    • 0 replies
    • 895 views
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    • Ken Harrison
    • November 19, 2017

40. 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
    • 1.4k views
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    • ESOP Guy
    • November 3, 2017

41. Employee staffing structure

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

42. DOL - Vendor Audit

    By Kudos26, August 22, 2017
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    • Kudos26
    • August 22, 2017

43. TPA administration firm

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

44. Prior TPA Not Cooperating

    By pjbaer, March 3, 2017   

    • tpa professionalism
    • 7 replies
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    • MoJo
    • March 6, 2017

45. Online Personality Tests

    By Gadgetfreak, February 6, 2017   

    • hiring
    • 9 replies
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    • Tom Poje
    • February 22, 2017

46. Selling your book of business

    By TPA4SALE, January 29, 2016
    • 2 replies
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    • HarleyBabe
    • February 17, 2017

47. Paperless

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

48. 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
    • 8k views
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    • chuTzPA
    • December 28, 2016

49. Compensation Surveys

    By Lifer, November 22, 2016
    • 0 replies
    • 936 views
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    • Lifer
    • November 22, 2016

50. Marketing idea for small tpa

    By chuTzPA, November 2, 2016
    • 4 replies
    • 1.5k views
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    • chuTzPA
    • November 3, 2016