ACG Blog

Retirees on Social Security may soon be able to afford an extra cup of coffee or sandwich each month, but not much else. The Social Security Administration announced this week that monthly Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefi...

Making the decision to sponsor a 401(k) plan is an important step in helping you and your employees save money for retirement on a tax favored basis. But it’s just the first step. Once you’ve decided to offer a plan, the next step is to focus on how ...

As the sponsor of an employee retirement plan, it’s critical that you understand the concept of fiduciary duty. Fiduciary is a fancy word that conveys a simple concept: You are legally required as a fiduciary to put the interests of plan participants...

It’s not uncommon for business owners to want to contribute more money to their own retirement accounts and those of selected employees than they do to the rest of their employees. Similarly, companies sometimes want to contribute more to older emplo...

Offering a retirement plan to your employees is one of the best decisions your company can make. Qualified retirement plans like 401(k) plans offer tax benefits to your employees and your business while also serving as a powerful employee recruiting ...

An apparently erroneous response in a recent financial advice column has inspired us to share some basic rules about Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) from qualified retirement plans. RMDs are sometimes called “70½ distributions” because that is ...

Is it my imagination or do we get busier as the fall months come and go at an accelerated pace? Oftentimes, our hectic schedules result in a “priorities first” business model and our 401(k) plan gets put on the back burner. Here are 10 tips for plan ...

The U.S. Presidential Election is just seventy days away now, and Americans across the country are paying attention to who will sit in the Oval Office for at least the next four years. The candidates offer a stark contrast in personality and backgrou...

How to treat nonresident aliens for qualified retirement plan purposes is often misunderstood. Are nonresident aliens allowed to participate in U.S. plans? Do you have to cover them? And what is a nonresident alien anyway?

If you were to receive a notice from the Social Security Administration saying you might be owed some money from a long-ago former employer’s retirement plan, you would probably think, “Cool. I’m owed some money from a long-ago former employer’s reti...