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Author Solutions, LLC401(k)

AUTHOR SOLUTIONS, LLC 401(K) PLAN · BLOOMINGTON, IN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.02%

Peer grade: B · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

Author Solutions, LLC reported $1,367 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.02% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $0 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.

Across the 2 years on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.01% to 0.02%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Indiana (1,064th of 1,562), and 1,754th of 2,199 in information & media. active participation has shrunk from 139 to 110 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$6,664,171
Participants with balances158
Active participants110
Employer contributions$0
Employee contributions$660,270
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Average account balance$42,178
Benefits paid to participants$657,662
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$6.7M · 158 accts
2023$5.8M · 166 accts
2022$4.8M · 185 accts
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$1,113
Investment management$254
Total administrative$1,367
The Author Solutions, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Median for plans this size$1,313

Author Solutions, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 median for plans its size, in the bottom quarter of its peers. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20241
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$1,113

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Administrative cost history3
2024$1,367 · 0.02%
2023$1,434 · 0.03%
2022$670 · 0.01%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 208201724 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.