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Merchant & Gould P.C.401(k)

MERCHANT & GOULD P.C. 401(K) RETIREMENT SAVINGS AND PROFIT SHARING PLAN · MINNEAPOLIS, MN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.05%

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

Merchant & Gould P.C. reported $74,881 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.05% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $13,508 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 0.06% to 0.05%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 210th-largest of 1,918 plans among Minnesota employers on file, and the 1,093rd of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $1.14 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 199 to 234 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$141,919,723
Participants with balances374
Active participants234
Employer contributions$3,160,793
Employee contributions$3,613,596
Employer contribution per active participant$13,508
Average account balance$379,465
Benefits paid to participants$10,709,720
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$141.9M · 374 accts · $3.2M emplr
2023$130.7M · 373 accts · $2.8M emplr
2022$112.0M · 370 accts · $2.7M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$50,814
Investment management$24,067
Total administrative$74,881
The Merchant & Gould P.C. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$13,508
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$13,508 per active participant
2023$13,658 per active participant
2022$13,332 per active participant

Merchant & Gould P.C.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20243
SCHWAB RETIREMENT PLAN SERVICES,INC · Recordkeeping · Investment advisory (participants)$57,145
CLIFTONLARSONALLEN · Investment advisory (participants)$14,582
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC. · Securities brokerage$1,112

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Charles Schwab
2023Charles Schwab

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Administrative cost history3
2024$74,881 · 0.05%
2023$87,000 · 0.07%
2022$77,713 · 0.06%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 410991388 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.