Retirement Plans and Features

Although choosing a retirement plan can be intimidating, Paychex Premier® Human Resources puts you in control of the process. We'll guide you through our specialized retirement plan options to help you provide the best retirement solution for your employees, and your business.

Plan Types

Each of our plans below offers specific benefits that can make them invaluable to your business.

What We Offer

Traditional 401(k)

The most common retirement plan, a traditional 401(k) encourages employees to save for retirement through pretax and Roth 401(k) contributions. With pretax contributions, taxes are deferred until your employees draw from their accounts. Roth 401(k) contributions are made post-tax, and can be withdrawn tax-free under certain conditions.

Safe Harbor 401(k)

A 401(k) plan with a safe harbor provision automatically satisfies certain nondiscrimination testing requirements. It also encourages plan participation from employees with lower wages, maximizes salary deferrals for employees with the highest wages, and is simple to administer.

Profit Sharing

A key employee retention tool and flexible retirement plan, profit sharing allows your company to divide contributions between employees. These contributions remain discretionary, regardless of profits, and can be allocated using new comparability or a variety of other methods.

Plan Features

Our retirement plans offer specific features that can encourage employee participation, help satisfy nondiscrimination testing, and allow highly paid employees to maximize their contributions.

What We Offer

Automatic Enrollment

Help employees start saving for their retirement automatically — without the administrative hassle of traditional enrollment meetings. Once enrolled, participants maintain complete control of their own accounts and can opt-out (online or by phone) at any time.

Roth 401(k) Contributions

Our Roth 401(k) feature allows participants to contribute post-tax funds to their Traditional or Safe Harbor 401(k) plan. With certain restrictions, this provides tax-free distribution of earnings after retirement.

Catch-up Contributions

Under federal law, plan participants over the age of 50 can contribute an additional $5,000 beyond the normal limits for a Traditional or Safe Harbor 401(k), or $2,500 for a SIMPLE IRA.

Employer Matching Options

Employer matching encourages plan participation by allowing you to contribute to your employees' retirement account. The amount you give is usually expressed as a percentage of your employees’ own contributions.

Vesting

When you choose a vesting schedule, you determine the percentage of the employer contribution that an employee takes with them. Employees may be 100% vested immediately, or you can choose to start at 0% and increase the percentage based on how long the employee has worked for your company.

Participant Loans

This feature allows participants to borrow from their retirement plan balance prior to retirement. Loan payments are made through payroll on a per-pay-period basis and include both principal and interest.

Other 401(k) and Retirement Services

For more information about our products and services, please contact a Paychex representative at 800-322-7292, Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. ET. Or, complete our online form for a no-obligation quote.

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