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Paul Smith LLC401(k)

PAUL SMITH LLC 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN AND TRUST · NEW YORK, NY · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
1.04%

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

Paul Smith LLC reported $23,655 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 1.04% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,114 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.

The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 22,307 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in New York (5,080th of 5,648), and 4,601st of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2023, employees put in $1.80 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$2,230,308
Participants with balances98
Active participants63
Employer contributions$133,161
Employee contributions$239,361
Employer contribution per active participant$2,114
Average account balance$22,758
Benefits paid to participants$842,444
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorTEPLITZKY & COMPANY, P.C.
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$23,655
Total administrative$23,655
The Paul Smith LLC 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$2,114
Median for plans this size$1,308

Paul Smith LLC's 2023 employer contribution ran above the $1,308 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
TRANSAMERICA RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$11,410
PASI, LLC · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$10,916

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

Administrative cost history1
2023$23,655 · 1.04%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 473490993 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.