Pre-Tax Benefitsfor small businesses

Why Start a Retirement Program?

RETIREMENT

TAX- SAVINGS

CANNOT PREDICT FUTURE, ONLY PREPARE

ATTRACT HIGHER QUALITY EMPLOYEES

RETAIN CURRENT EMPLOYEES

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Social Security

Personal Savings

Company Sponsored

Plans

Retirement

Retirement – a “three-legged” stool

Social Security ??

Read the following excerpt from the Social Security Administration’s website:

“Social Security was never meant to be the sole source of income in retirement.”

A comfortable retirement is based on a “three-legged” stool of Social Security, company-sponsored retirement plans and personal savings.

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Pre-Tax Growth vs Post-Tax Growth

Number of Years that Money is Invested

Saving $500 per month PRE-TAX*

Saving $500 per month POST-TAX*

10 Years $103,276 $89,993

20 Years $382,848 $281,473

30 Years $1,139,663 $689,419

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Your Tomorrow Starts Today

Investing early pays off due to compounding interest What is compounding interest?

The process of reinvesting interest to earn additional interest

The more frequent the compounding, the more you earn

The example below shows the difference a head start can make

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Cannot Predict Future, can only Prepare for it

ItemCost in

1991Cost in

2011

1 lb. Ground Beef $1.65 $2.69

1 Dozen Eggs $1.10 $1.79

1 lb. Fresh Tomatoes $1.29 $2.09

1 Gallon of Milk $2.76 $3.79

In addition to the battle against inflation as you can see in the chart on the right, retirees are living longer and longer.

Recent studies have shown that a typical retiree can expect to live 20+ years. Therefore, one must acquire a large nest egg.

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Attract Top Employees

Studies show that without benefits, outside of acquaintance or luck, a business owner cannot attract the best quality EMPLOYEES

Research shows small businesses need retirement benefits*While some research shows that small business retirement plans are too expensive for their potential customers, a new survey underscores the fact that employers might want to reconsider that notion.

By Editorial Staff While some research shows that owners think small business retirement plans are too expensive, a new survey underscores the fact that employers might want to reconsider that notion.

Fidelity finds that 49% of workers with a retirement plan say the would not take a job with a company that doesn't offer one. 68% percent of employees said that a retirement plan is critical or very important. Just 36% of employers said it was critical or very important to their staff recruitment and retention efforts.

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Retain Current Employees

If you’re not offering a retirement plan to your employees, don’t be surprised to lose them to a competitor that does!

Misconceptions about 401(k)s could cost Small Business OwnersBy Lynn Gresham

Forty percent of workers in small companies say they would leave their job for one that provided a 401(k) plan, according to a survey conducted by Harris Interactive and sponsored by ShareBuilder 401(k), a subsidiary of ING Direct. . . .

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What is the actual cost of one bad hire?* Information provided by Right Management Consultants.

Mishires financially impact an organization beyond direct sourcing costs.According to a survey* of 444 organizations throughout North America, the negative

consequences of bad hires and promotions reach beyond lost customersand market share. Here are some alarming statistics:

• Replacement costs an average of 2½ times* an individual's salary, includingrecruitment, training, severance costs, and lost productivity.

• More than 4 of 10 organizations (42%) said it costs at least three timesthe mishire's salary.

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How Do You Get Money In?

2. Company Match

3. Profit Sharing

1. Salary Deferrals

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How Can You Maximize Your 401(k)?

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Your 401(k) plan, easy as 1-2-3

3 Simple decisions to start your plan

today

Eligibility

Money Manager

Optional Match/Vesting

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Possible EmployerMatching/Vesting Contributions

Matching Options

Employer Matching

Contribution

Not to exceed this percentage

of salary

Employer’s maximum Matching

Percentage

1

100% of first 3%

50% of next 2%

5% 4%

2 0% 0% 0%

3 25% 4% 1%

4 50% 4% 2%

5 50% 6% 3%

6 100% 3% 3%

Years of Vesting

from Date of Hire Vesting Percentage

Option 1 Option 2 Option 3

1 100% 0% 0%

2 100% 0% 20%

3 100% 100% 40%

4 100% 100% 60%

5 100% 100% 80%

6 100% 100% 100%

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IRS/DOL

Money Manager

Participants

Employer

Payroll Bank

Record Keeper

Non-Paychex 401(k) Paradigm

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The Paychex Advantage:A Seamless Flow of Contributions

Client Paychex

InvestmentProvider

Power of Paychex Integrated 401(k)

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What Paychex Does For You

Required Legal Documents Adoption Agreement Plan document Summary Plan Description

Preparation of Form 5500 Preparation of Forms 1099-R and 945 Quarterly IRS nondiscrimination testing Quarterly management reports Quarterly participant statements Daily valuation of account balances Account access via participant website and automated phone system Toll-free phone support Loan modeling and administration Roth option Discretionary profit sharing plan Deferral calculations for pre-tax and Roth Electronic recordkeeping and fund transfer each pay period Payroll integration of employee and employer contributions and census data Enrollment meeting and enrollment kits Automatic enrollment 20

Money Manager Options

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Small BusinessFlexible Spending Accounts

What is a Flexible Spending Account?(FSA)

It’s part of the IRS tax code: Section 125 Allows employees to take certain out-of-

pocket expenses on a pre-tax, rather than a post-tax basis: Medical Dental Vision Over-the-counter items• With a Dr’s Prescription

Dependent Care

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Benefits of an FSA

Employee: Federal Income Tax

Savings Tax savings on FICA State Tax Savings

Employer:

Savings on FICA tax

Workers’ Comp Savings (CA only)

APPROX. 12% SAVINGS ON PAYROLL TAXES

APPROX. 25% - 45% SAVINGS ON EXPECTED GOODS AND SERVICES

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FSA has 3 “buckets”

Plan Features

1) Insurance premiums

3) Out-of-pocket medical, dental, vision, and over-the-

counter expenses

2) Dependent Care expenses

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What Paychex Does For You

Required legal documents and plan changes Regular non-discrimination testing Enrollment meeting and enrollment materials Payroll integration (payroll clients only) Participant website and toll-free support Employer and employee status reports FSA Debit card Weekly claim processing Direct deposit of reimbursements Discretionary employer contributions allowable

through employer funded FSA

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