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The Black Tux, Inc.401(k)

THE BLACK TUX, INC. 401(K) PLAN · SANTA MONICA, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.10%

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

The Black Tux, Inc. reported $5,250 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.10% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $8 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 rose from 0.05% to 0.10%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in California (6,715th of 9,483), and 3,525th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $321.22 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$5,891,238
Participants with balances843
Active participants356
Employer contributions$2,709
Employee contributions$870,183
Employer contribution per active participant$8
Average account balance$6,988
Benefits paid to participants$691,093
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$5.9M · 843 accts · $3K emplr
2023$5.0M · 678 accts
2022$4.0M · 658 accts
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$5,250
Total administrative$5,250
The The Black Tux, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$8
Median for plans this size$1,313

The Black Tux, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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 · 20241
BETTERMENT FOR BUSINESS, LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$5,250

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

Administrative cost history3
2024$5,250 · 0.10%
2023$2,775 · 0.06%
2022$1,950 · 0.05%
Similar plansRetail Trade · California
Connell Chevrolet CA$6.2M · 0.31%
Classic Concepts, Inc. CA$6.0M · 0.83%
Bkm Officeworks, LLC CA$5.9M · 0.04%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 455192164 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.