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The Advertising Checking Bureau, Inc.401(k)

THE ADVERTISING CHECKING BUREAU, INC. 401(K) PLAN · TEMPE, AZ · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.52%

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

The Advertising Checking Bureau, Inc. reported $108,323 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.52% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $577 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 0.55% to 0.52%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is the 352nd-largest of 1,285 plans among Arizona employers on file, and the 993rd of 2,199 in information & media. In 2024, employees put in $8.28 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$21,324,408
Participants with balances334
Active participants289
Employer contributions$166,793
Employee contributions$1,380,823
Employer contribution per active participant$577
Average account balance$63,846
Benefits paid to participants$2,869,340
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$21.3M · 334 accts · $167K emplr
2023$20.4M · 326 accts · $157K emplr
2022$18.1M · 330 accts · $153K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$65,930
Investment management$35,643
Audit (IQPA)$6,750
Total administrative$108,323
The The Advertising Checking Bureau, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$577
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$577 per active participant
2023$580 per active participant
2022$564 per active participant

The Advertising Checking Bureau, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20244
TRANSAMERICA RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS · Claims processing · Recordkeeping$65,930
LPL HOLDINGS, INC. · Consulting$35,643
PENSION ASSURANCE LLP · Accounting / audit$6,750
NATIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES · Securities brokerageindirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Transamerica
2023Transamerica

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Administrative cost history3
2024$108,323 · 0.52%
2023$99,595 · 0.52%
2022$112,077 · 0.55%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 133188150 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.