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Southerntier Telecommunication401(k)

SOUTHERNTIER TELECOMMUNICATION 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN & TRUST · CAPE CORAL, FL · plan year 2019

Reported admin expense ratio · 2019
6.05%

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

Southerntier Telecommunication reported $5,517 in plan administrative expenses for 2019: 6.05% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $0 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 4 years on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 6.05% to 34.62%. The plan sits in the under $1M size bracket, benchmarked here against 102 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Florida (3,615th of 3,644), and 2,191st of 2,199 in information & media.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$81,910
Participants with balances166
Active participants7
Employer contributions$0
Employee contributions$55,013
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Average account balance$493
Benefits paid to participants$86,983
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorYURCHYK & DAVIS CPA'S
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2023$93 · 7 accts
2022$57K · 147 accts
2020$73K · 149 accts
2019$82K · 166 accts
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2019
Recordkeeping & contract admin$5,229
Investment management$288
Total administrative$5,517
The Southerntier Telecommunication 401(k) match · 2019
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Median for plans this size$169

Southerntier Telecommunication's 2019 employer contribution ran below the $169 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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 2019 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Administrative cost history4
2023$9,949 · 34.62%
2022$7,098 · 10.75%
2020$7,890 · 10.21%
2019$5,517 · 6.05%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 813904568 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.