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Pros & Cons Of Auto-enrolling Employees In A 401(k) Program

Genesis HR Solutions

Should you auto-enroll your employees into your company’s 401(k) program? Automatic enrollment is exactly what it sounds like—you, the employer, automatically enroll your employees into your organization’s 401(k) plan. The 401(k) is pre-tax. What is automatic enrollment?

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Retirement Savings? HSA, IRA or 401(k)

Benefit Resource Inc.

Make sure you are getting the 401(k) match. Many employers will offer a 401(k) match up to a certain percentage. Additionally, contributions to a 401(k) are made will pre-tax dollars, so you save on taxes as well. That’s a lot of opportunities to use your HSA tax-free.

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Roth vs Traditional 401K – Which is Best?

Stratus.HR

Did you know your 401K account offers two distinct ways to save? Knowing which one to use depends on whether it makes more sense for you to delay paying taxes on your savings until retirement (Traditional) or paying them today (Roth). Traditional 401K. A Traditional 401K is sometimes referred to as the pre-tax option.

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How the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 benefits your workplace

Insperity

employer-sponsored 401(k) plans. Act seeks to: Open access to 401(k) retirement plans to more people Provide greater opportunities to save Offer financial incentives to save while removing common barriers and penalties So, what does the law require of employers? The SECURE 2.0 The SECURE 2.0

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Small Business 401K: Considerations for choosing your plan type & match strategy

Genesis HR Solutions

If you’re looking for the best and brightest talent, it’s smart to consider your 401(k) options. A retirement assistance plan, like a 401(k) plan, ranks #4 of 54 benefits and has the highest correlation with employee satisfaction. Consider the fee structure of the 401(k) plan you are interested in implementing.

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What is Nonqualified Deferred Compensation?

HR Lineup

It is mainly applied to executive staff benefits, whereby employees get to postpone their income taxes on their earnings. Additionally, NQDC comes in various forms, including bonuses, company stocks, etc. Besides the 409A deferred compensation, there is also the qualified deferred compensation plan such as the 401(k)s.

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All You Need to Know About Profit-Sharing

Vantage Circle

An employer can choose to pay it directly or indirectly along with their salary and bonuses. In that case, only a certain percentage is taxed for that amount. But, in Canada, the employee's share of profits is tax-free, up to 15 percent of their total employment income. Profit-sharing Vs. 401(k). Profit-sharing.

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