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Hills Bank and Trust Company401(k)

HILLS BANK AND TRUST CO 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · NORTH LIBERTY, IA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.01%

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

Hills Bank and Trust Company reported $10,150 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.01% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,616 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 fell from 0.014% to 0.013%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 113th-largest of 878 plans among Iowa employers on file, and the 1,160th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $1.39 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$82,305,496
Participants with balances866
Active participants457
Employer contributions$1,652,352
Employee contributions$2,294,903
Employer contribution per active participant$3,616
Average account balance$95,041
Benefits paid to participants$5,292,691
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBGHN ASSOCIATES, P.C.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$82.3M · 866 accts · $1.7M emplr
2023$73.5M · 716 accts · $1.7M emplr
2022$60.4M · 691 accts · $1.6M emplr
The Hills Bank and Trust Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,616
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$3,616 per active participant
2023$3,528 per active participant
2022$3,250 per active participant

Hills Bank and Trust Company's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20241
BGHN ASSOCIATES, P.C. · Accounting / audit$10,150

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$10,150 · 0.01%
2023$9,800 · 0.01%
2022$9,250 · 0.01%
All plans at this employer2
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HILLS BANK AND TRUST CO 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN401(k)
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 420310580 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.