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I am a S Corp owner planning to set up Defined Benefit plan. I do my own taxes. Any recommendations for a plan setup and administrator ? I found Charles Schwab to be expensive. Does TD Ameritrade offer full service like Schwab ? Any recommendations on Emparion? -
Anyone knows of a designer and/or TPA that designs and/or administers defined benefit plans including the 401(h) health expenses benefits part, for financial advisors' clients? -
Plan is a self-insured plan that contracts with a Non-traditional Third Party Administrator. The TPA does not collect any premiums or pay out any claims (claims are handled by Care First). Carefirst adjudicates all claims, and debits an account belonging to Plan Sponsor. Role of the TPA is to process enrollment, provide other administrative services(billing, prepare 5500s, PPACA reporting, consulting, etc), for which it receives a "fee for service." Additionally, TPA collects and remits to CareFirst the fees paid by Plan Sponsor. Since TPA does not "handle" plan assets and does not exercise any discretion or control over the Plan, it is our belief that the TPA does not fall under the ERISA definition of Fiduciary. Would you agree? If TPA is arguably not a fiduciary, would an argument exist that the TPA is not required to fulfill the ERISA bonding requirements under Section 412? A review of Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2008-04 leads me to conclude that since TPA does not "handle funds or other property" of the plan (merely collects ans remits a fee to Carefirst) and does not adjudicate Claims, it would not be deemed a "Plan Official." Thoughts? Thank you...
