The 401k Solution Is The 
Newest, Most Economical Full-Service
401(k) Plan Available Today!

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Pension Service Associates (PSA), Specializes in Full-Service 401ks for Companies of All Sizes

Pension Service Associates (PSA) has been a trailblazer in the 401k industry for decades, concentrating on the largely-ignored needs of small and mid-sized companies.

PSA has created an affordable line of full-service plans called the 401k Solution that participants rank among the most popular plans in the nation.

-- PSA's 401k Solution is adaptable to companies of any size. Small-company plans are NOT truncated versions of big company plans.

-- Part of PSA's 401k "solution" is affordability without reduced service. By offering of variety of investment mix-plan pricing approaches, companies can choose whether to absorb all the costs of the plan, split the costs with the plan's participants, or have the plan's participants absorb the costs.

-- PSA's 401k plans see participation rates that are often nearly TWICE the national average. Investment choice, prompt service, and plan flexibility play major roles in the popularity of  401k Solution plans.

-- PSA's 401k Solution is the next evolution of PSA's forward-thinking approach to 401k plans. Designing plans that meet today's businesses' needs within realms adaptable to tomorrow's keep both PSA's 401k Solution and Easytec Systems' always under our 401k experts' eyes; they continually evaluate additional features and services that might better serve our full-service and self-service clients.

For more about the evolution of 401k Solution from some of PSA's innovations, see this website's About Us page.

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Pension Service Associates (PSA) Specializes in Full-Service 401ks

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Quality + Flexibility + Affordability = PSA's 401k Solution

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Unparalleled Investment Options

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PSA Full Service 401k vs. 401k Solution Self-Service 401k

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PSA Full Service 401k Pricing

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Converting Existing 401k Plans Is Quick and Affordable

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PSA Handles All Types of Retirement Plans, Including 403b Plans and IRAs

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Alternative to Full-Service 401(k) Plans -- Affordable and Complete "Self-Administered" 401(k) Plans.

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About Us and Our 401(k) Technology

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Live Interactive Online Demo

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For More Information...

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Quality + Flexibility + Affordability = PSA's 401k Solution (and that's not the typical full-service equation)

Quality Administration
As a full-service provider, PSA of course processes each month's 401k contributions for you, but PSA administration also means quick response times to your requests made by your company and/or plan participants.

Flexible Plan
The 401k Solution, lets your company decide its plan's parameters within those approved by the IRS. You have the freedom to customize the IRS-approved prototype plan to suit your company's 401k needs.

-- You choose your plan's participation eligibility requirements.

-- You choose the type and formula for any employer contributions (matching, profit sharing, qualified nonelective) -- or choose not to make employer contributions.

-- You choose the vesting formula to be applied to any employer contributions (qualified nonelective contributions are, by law, always immediately vested).

-- You choose your plan's investments from a huge array: self-directed brokerage accounts, any of hundreds of no-load mutual fund families, or any of hundreds of load mutual fund families or brokerage accounts coupled with one or more no-load mutual fund families.

-- There's no limitation on the number or foundry of investments you can offer. It's easy to supply your plan with investment flexibility to meet present as well as future needs.

-- You write your plan's loan policy; PSA can help you formulate that policy -- at no extra charge.

-- You decide if you want to use automatic enrollment for your plan, and if so, you choose the default investment choice and contribution level.

-- Your plan is never limited by minimum participation numbers (it does, of course, have to pass federally-mandated annual compliance testing)

Affordable Service
No decent 401k plan is as affordable as a 401k Solution self-service 401k, but in the full-service arena PSA plans are about as affordable as you can get -- and you don't have to scrimp on quality, either.

-- PSA plans include services and options other vendors charge extra for, such as offering a virtually limitless array of mutual funds in your plan, providing employees with online, downloadable year-to-date account statements, and providing your plan with MONTHLY compliance testing.

-- PSA distribution, loan and other per-transaction administration fees are significantly lower than industry standards.

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PSA Full Service 401ks vs. 401k Solution Self-Service 401ks

There are many similarities between 401k Solution self-service 401k plans and PSA 401k Solution full-service plans. In fact, 401k Solution was largely developed from the "what works and what works best" successes of the 401k Solution. The main differences between the two administrative arrangements are (1) who does the work, and (2) cost.

Both types of plans come with multiple pricing-investment approach configurations. Both types of plans offer discounts for using load mutual fund investments (see www.web401k.com's pricing section for details).

Web 401k Online versus THE 401(k) SOLUTION

Web 401k Online
self-service 401ks

401(k) Solution
full-service 401ks

Labor

You do the monthly data processing and interaction with the investment house -- but you've got a highly automated Web 401k to handle most of the work for you.

NOT
the
same

PSA does all the monthly data processing and interaction with the mutual fund companies from data you supply.

Cost

Pricing starts at $1195 a year

NOT
the
same

Costs higher than Web 401k -- but less than half of typical full-service fees.

Plan Design
and related fees

Unbeatable investment and plan design flexibility.

Price encompasses all options.

same

Unbeatable investment and plan design flexibility.

Price emcompasses inclusion of all options

Employer Contributions

All types optional and free of charge.

same

All types optional and free of charge.

Plan Size Restrictions

none:
anything from 1 to one million (or more)

same

none:
anything from 1 to one million (or more)

Investments

self-directed brokerage accounts and/or mutual funds

same

self-directed brokerage accounts and/or mutual funds

Participant Account Statements

generated monthly

same

generated monthly

Compliance Testing

run as often as you like
(we recommend monthly)

same

run monthly

Trustee Fees

none

same

none

Automatic Enrollment

optional

same

optional

Asset Security

You retain full asset control at all times. No third party ever takes constructive receipt of your plan's monies. Rather, when you finish the month's processing, Web 401k instructs you as to what amounts to forward from the trust for distribution to your participants' 401k investments.

same

You retain full asset control at all times. No third party ever takes constructive receipt of your plan's monies. Rather, PSA does the processing, then instructs you as to what amounts to forward from the trust to what investments for distribution to your participants' 401k accounts.

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PSA Full-Service 401k Plan Pricing

Plan Size

Annual Fee

1 eligible employees
(plus spouse)

$1390 a year--complete

2-4 eligible employees

$2390 a year — complete

5-10 eligible employees

$2590 a year — complete

11-15 eligible employees

$2990 a year — complete

16-20 eligible employees

$3390 a year — complete

21-25 eligible employees

$3790 a year — complete

26-30 eligible employees

$4190 a year — complete

31-35 eligible employees

$4790 a year — complete

36-40 eligible employees

$5390 a year — complete

41-45 eligible employees

$5990 a year — complete

46-50 eligible employees

$6590 a year — complete

more than 50 eligible employees

$6590 plus $300 per each additional 5 eligible employees

The first year only, there is also a $1495 one-time plan setup and software customization fee. This fee does not vary with plan size.

 

PSA's full-service plans are very reasonably priced -- well below the national average for full-service plans. For instance:

-- PSA full-service plan serving 25 eligible employees costs $3,790.

-- The national average for a 401k serving 25 eligible employees is $6,750 to $20,000 a year (and these competitors' plans often lack the quality service and flexible options standard in PSA 401k Solution full-service plans)

-- Call 1-800-752-401k (that's 1-800-752-4015) for more information or for a free quote on a PSA full-service 401k plan. If you prefer, e-mail us here and we'll forward your inquiry to Pension Service Associates: write to psa@401k-network.com.

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Converting Existing 401k Plans Is Quick and Affordable

PSA can convert your existing 401k plan into an affordable, flexible 401k Solution full-service plan in a matter of days.

-- There's a one-time, first-year-only plan setup fee of $1495. The fee covers all conversion and full-service plan setup expenses.

-- You can often keep your plan's current investments. Alternately, you can choose to adopt any of an extensive array of self-directed brokerage accounts, or no-load mutual funds (see our 401k Glossary if you're unfamiliar with these terms).

-- For generally no extra charge, you can have us amend your existing plan during the plan conversion. Perhaps you'd like to add in 401k loans, maybe matching contributions?

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PSA Handles All Types of Retirement Plans, Including 403b Plans and IRAs

The federal government has created several tax-deferred retirement savings vehicles, and PSA offers all the most popular ones, including 403b plans for non-profit organizations. one-person 401k plans, and SEPs for self-employed people.

-- PSA can provide a quality, affordable plan for almost every IRS-sanctioned retirement savings vehicle set up to be employer-sponsored.

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Alternatives to Traditional "Full Service" 401(k) Administration

Pension Systems Corporation, an affiliate of Pension Service Associates, offers an alternative approach to traditional 401(k) administration ----“self-administered” “run-it-yourself” 401(k) plans using the pc-based 401k Easy (www.401k-easy.com) or the web-based 401k Solution Online (www.401k-easy-online.com)

(1) via the Internet  
401k Easy Online  

-- online self-service plan participation

-- state of the art security and technology, yet extremely easy to use

-- pricing starts at $1195 a year

-- no-load mutual funds and/or self-directed brokerage accounts

-- no software to order, update or load into your computer

(2) 401k Easy for the PC
 

-- PC-based self-service plan participation

-- traditional (i.e., paper) plan participation

-- ideal for very small plans

-- pricing starts at $695 a year

-- no-load mutual funds and/or self-directed brokerage accounts

-- annually updated powerful yet easy to use software

 

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For More Information...

Contact PSA by calling 1-800-752-4015 (4-0-1-k), or send an e-mail to psa@401k-network.com requesting that we have a 401k Solution representative contact you.