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Carolina Tractor & Equipment Company401(k)

CTE 401(K) PLAN · CHARLOTTE, NC · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.20%

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

Carolina Tractor & Equipment Company reported $250,345 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.20% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,130 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 has held roughly steady near 0.199%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 9,317 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 159th-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and the 286th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2023, employees put in $2.97 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$139,430,386
Participants with balances2,179
Active participants1,915
Employer contributions$4,079,489
Employee contributions$12,135,992
Employer contribution per active participant$2,130
Average account balance$63,988
Benefits paid to participants$9,896,030
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorRSM US LLP
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2023$139.4M · 2,179 accts · $4.1M emplr
2022$111.7M · 1,970 accts · $3.6M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$183,793
Total administrative$250,345
The Carolina Tractor & Equipment Company 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$2,130
Median for plans this size$3,659
2023$2,130 per active participant
2022$2,111 per active participant

Carolina Tractor & Equipment Company's 2023 employer contribution ran below the $3,659 median for plans its size. 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20232
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$183,793
CAPTRUST · Consulting$66,552

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

Administrative cost history2
2023$250,345 · 0.20%
2022$236,641 · 0.20%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 560167230 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.