Small Business

While major legislative tax changes rarely occur, we have had several in the last few years. After being approved in the House in the summer of 2019, the SECURE Act finally passed the Senate and [...]

Almost all of my clients want to do more about climate change. They are sick and tired of watching devastating fires burn wild swathes of land and burning homes here in Washington State and [...]

In a recent research white paper, Empower Institute asks a simple question:  “Are retirement savers really facing a crisis?”  Empower argues that the answer to this question is, emphatically, [...]

Multiple Employer Plans (MEPs) have been recently touted as a recent legislative success to help small businesses start 401k plans. And while we support any policies that help increase access and [...]

Choosing to work with a 401k advisor can be a difficult decision. How do you find someone you can trust? Unlike your average financial advisor, a 401k advisor will be working with your business [...]

From healthcare to profit-sharing, there’s a wide range of benefits you can offer your employees. But there’s a reason why employees particularly love the small business 401(k) offering. It’s [...]

Many small businesses are struggling to decide what benefits they should offer their employees. Too often business owners feel that they can’t afford benefits or that the pros of offering a [...]

If you’re a small business owner, you probably don’t have a vast reservoir of resources to draw from in providing your employees with benefits. But you also want to serve your employees well – [...]

Small businesses that are looking to offer retirement benefits for their employees often look at two different options: a SIMPLE IRA and a 401(k). The common question, of course, is: what’s the [...]

A 401(k) is a valued employer benefit because it has features and characteristics that you cannot get in other retirement plans. But many small business owners are hesitant to offer the benefit, [...]