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Southern Shade Tree Co. Inc.401(k)

SOUTHERN SHADE TREE 401(K) PLAN · FORT MILL, SC · plan year 2022

Reported admin expense ratio · 2022
2.91%

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

Southern Shade Tree Co. Inc. reported $5,296 in plan administrative expenses for 2022: 2.91% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $621 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 under $1M size bracket, benchmarked here against 4,041 comparable plans and shown alongside other agriculture, forestry & fishing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in South Carolina (788th of 807), and 921st of 945 in agriculture, forestry & fishing. In 2022, employees put in $1.71 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$296,166
Participants with balances30
Active participants165
Employer contributions$102,496
Employee contributions$174,883
Employer contribution per active participant$621
Average account balance$9,872
Benefits paid to participants$22,000
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorPARSONS CPA, LLC
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2022
Recordkeeping & contract admin$5,296
Total administrative$5,296
The Southern Shade Tree Co. Inc. 401(k) match · 2022
Employer contribution per active participant$621
Median for plans this size$331

Southern Shade Tree Co. Inc.'s 2022 employer contribution ran above the $331 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 2022 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Administrative cost history1
2022$5,296 · 2.91%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 571092317 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.