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Virtual Business Office Associates, Inc401(k)

VIRTUAL BUSINESS OFFICE ASSOCIATES, INC. 401(K) PLAN · COLUMBIA, SC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
2.66%

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

Virtual Business Office Associates, Inc reported $82,704 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 2.66% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $252 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 2.66%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other administrative & support services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in South Carolina (616th of 807), and 1,616th of 2,534 in administrative & support services. In 2024, employees put in $4.92 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$3,745,263
Participants with balances404
Active participants729
Employer contributions$183,437
Employee contributions$902,151
Employer contribution per active participant$252
Average account balance$9,270
Benefits paid to participants$402,117
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBAUKNIGHT PIETRAS & STORMER, PA
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$3.7M · 404 accts · $183K emplr
2023$2.5M · 363 accts · $151K emplr
2022$1.7M · 386 accts · $121K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$58,332
Investment management$2,834
Audit (IQPA)$17,287
Total administrative$82,704
The Virtual Business Office Associates, Inc 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$252
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$252 per active participant
2023$210 per active participant
2022$171 per active participant

Virtual Business Office Associates, 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 · 20243
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$58,332
BAUKNIGHT PIETRAS & STOR · Accounting / audit$17,287
MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH · Pension consulting · Investment advisory (plan)$7,085

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$82,704 · 2.66%
2023$84,434 · 4.01%
2022$48,532 · 2.69%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 203099659 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.