Operating a TPA or Consulting Firm

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1. Relius VRU

   By Guest tpa555, January 7, 2009
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   • Guest
   • January 8, 2009

2. What are TPA obligations to protect confidential information

   By Guest Smokin, August 11, 2011
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   • david rigby
   • August 11, 2011

3. A little humor for a Friday

   By stevena, January 21, 2005
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   • FJR
   • February 6, 2005

4. Circular 230 Ethics

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

5. Circular230

   By Monica Barnard, July 3, 2009
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   • Ron Snyder
   • July 8, 2009

6. E-mail Retention Policy

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

7. 408(b) Disclosure Rule

   By Below Ground, June 5, 2012
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   • HarleyBabe
   • June 27, 2012

8. SAS70 Substitute?

   By Guest YATPA, May 24, 2004
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   • BeckyMiller
   • May 24, 2004

9. The trustee's duty

   By Guest Beth Munz, March 12, 2002
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   • Guest
   • March 12, 2002

10. Do IRS examiners know who supervises them?

    By Peter Gulia, August 8, 2025
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    • Peter Gulia
    • August 18, 2025

11. Accounting Software used in your firm

    By Guest Corrections Questions, August 15, 2012
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    • Spencer
    • August 30, 2012

12. Payments Directly by TPA (not a trustee) to Participant in 401(k) Plan

    By Guest Libby, March 15, 2002
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    • Guest
    • March 16, 2002

13. PLANS FOR SALE

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

14. Business Method Patents

    By J Simmons, June 13, 2007
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    • Guest
    • June 14, 2007

15. Employee purchase of TPA Firm

    By LauraERPA, August 14, 2013   

    • Purchase TPA
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    • david rigby
    • August 15, 2013

16. employee management

    By Guest lip, May 2, 2008
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    • Guest
    • May 5, 2008

17. Sarbanes-Oxley

    By Guest Lex, December 27, 2002
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    • mbozek
    • December 28, 2002

18. per partiicpant tpa charges

    By Draper55, May 8, 2014
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    • NJ Mike
    • May 8, 2014

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

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

20. Should a recordkeeper or TPA try to get an employer to pay a past-due participant contribution?

    By Peter Gulia, September 5, 2015
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    • david rigby
    • September 8, 2015

21. When selling your TPA business

    By Santo Gold, July 1, 2020
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    • Retired, but still reading
    • July 3, 2020

22. Group Medical Insurance for small TPA

    By Richard Anderson, July 25, 2002
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    • maverick
    • July 25, 2002

23. SAS 70 Audits

    By Guest MPITTS, August 1, 2003
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    • E as in ERISA
    • August 20, 2003

24. Growing practice seeking aquisition opportunities of other TPA's in the Northeast.

    By Guest jbennett28, September 9, 2004
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    • Guest
    • September 9, 2004

25. RFP for financial advisor?

    By AlbanyConsultant, June 11, 2014
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    • AlbanyConsultant
    • June 24, 2014

26. Marketing Tools

    By KevinMc, April 11, 2014
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    • KevinMc
    • April 17, 2014

27. Online Personality Tests

    By Gadgetfreak, February 6, 2017   

    • hiring
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    • Tom Poje
    • February 22, 2017

28. What is your firm using for secure file transfers?

    By Guest KristenE, June 27, 2013   

    • File transfer
    • secure file transfer
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    • Gadgetfreak
    • June 30, 2013

29. Selling my TPA firm

    By Minnesota planner, January 23, 2021
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    • DRP
    • April 30, 2021

30. Trends in tpa marketing and guaranteeing our work

    By chuTzPA, July 20, 2014
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    • Kevin C
    • July 22, 2014

31. Which acts require a “manual” (rather than electronic) signature?

    By Peter Gulia, September 1, 2022   

    • electronic signature
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    • Peter Gulia
    • September 1, 2022

32. TIN requirements

    By Guest christina@iepension, July 26, 2010
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    • Guest
    • August 31, 2010

33. Document Sponsor

    By Guest tintree73, May 12, 2003
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    • Guest
    • May 12, 2003

34. Looking for Software

    By IRA, August 26, 2008
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    • GBurns
    • September 2, 2008

35. Changing TPAs

    By Guest JMN, October 3, 2011
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    • Bill Presson
    • October 3, 2011

36. Need help designing a client-level annual report.

    By Guest RetirementGeek, April 11, 2005
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    • Archimage
    • April 12, 2005

37. Purchasing a block of business

    By HarleyBabe, October 29, 2013
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    • HarleyBabe
    • October 29, 2013

38. Organizing the paper copy of the EGTRRA document

    By Jim Chad, May 9, 2008
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    • GMK
    • May 12, 2008

39. Daily Digest/Updates for tpa firm

    By TPApril, March 20, 2011
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    • TPApril
    • March 20, 2011

40. Service Agreements vs Purchase Orders

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

41. Acquisition/Partnership Opportunities

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

42. ERISApedia vs ERISA Outline Book

    By austin3515, June 3, 2025
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    • Jakyasar
    • June 4, 2025

43. Do TPAs get malpractice insurance?

    By Peter Gulia, September 5, 2023
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    • Peter Gulia
    • September 7, 2023

44. Tracking time

    By Guest JPAdmin, March 21, 2002
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    • Guest
    • March 21, 2002

45. Are you happy with the client manager software you use?

    By stephen, October 5, 2004
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    • Ron Snyder
    • October 8, 2004

46. Selling your book of business

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

47. db contribution

    By Guest lip, June 13, 2008
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    • david rigby
    • June 13, 2008

48. Selling a small one-person TPA firm

    By Zoey, January 4, 2025
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    • AllThingsForGood
    • March 11, 2025

49. Home TPA Consultant

    By Guest JackiB, December 27, 2002
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    • Guest
    • December 27, 2002

50. Software for DC testing

    By movedon, March 23, 2012
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    • EBDI
    • March 27, 2012