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Kaso Plastics, Inc.401(k)

KASO PLASTICS INC. 401(K) CASH OR DEFERRED SAVINGS PLAN · VANCOUVER, WA · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.87%

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

Kaso Plastics, Inc. reported $52,666 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.87% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,468 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 0.55% to 0.87%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 809 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Washington (1,259th of 1,714), and 10,423rd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2025, employees put in $1.09 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 106 to 87 since 2023.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$6,496,494
Participants with balances143
Active participants87
Employer contributions$214,723
Employee contributions$234,603
Employer contribution per active participant$2,468
Average account balance$45,430
Benefits paid to participants$309,934
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorAPRIO LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$6.5M · 143 accts · $215K emplr
2024$5.5M · 141 accts · $3K emplr
2023$5.3M · 144 accts · $287K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$36,766
Total administrative$52,666
The Kaso Plastics, Inc. 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$2,468
Median for plans this size$1,464
2025$2,468 per active participant
2024$26 per active participant
2023$2,708 per active participant

Kaso Plastics, Inc.'s 2025 employer contribution ran above the $1,464 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20254
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$33,563
KASO PLASTICS, INC. · Accounting / audit$15,900
INDEPENDENT RETIREMENT CONSULTING L · Accounting / audit · Other services$3,202
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES INC · Other servicesindirect comp

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

Administrative cost history3
2025$52,666 · 0.87%
2024$50,613 · 0.93%
2023$27,648 · 0.55%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 911260582 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.