THE POWER OF CHOICE AT YOUR FINGERTIPS
WHAT IS IT?
THE California Craft Brewery Retirement Solution
Powered by Transamerica and TAG Resources.
The California Craft Brewery Retirement Solution powered by Transamerica and TAG Resources revolutionizes retirement planning in the industry, providing a comprehensive array of pooled solution that gives clients various options. Whatever size business you have, California Craft Brewers Association Choice Pooled Solutions℠ offers plans tailored to uniquely meet your needs while providing competitive pricing that generally goes hand-in-hand with large-scale setups.
The flexibility to meet your needs
The California Craft Brewery Retirement Solution product is unique because it consists of two plan configurations: Retirement Plan Exchange® and Choice Pooled Employer Plan ℠.
COMPARING YOUR OPTIONS
THE California Craft Brewery Retirement Solution takes on over 90% of your Administrative Responsibilities
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES WITHOUT California Craft Brewery Retirement Solution
• 3(38) Investment manager
appointment
• 402(g) Limit reporting
• 404(a)(5) Notice distribution
• 404(c) Notice distribution
• 408(b)(2) Notice distribution
• Annual discrimination and
coverage testing
• Annual fee negotiations
with vendors
• Audit completion support
• Audit firm hiring and
monitoring
• Auto enrollment notice
distribution
• Beneficiary designation
form maintenance
• Beneficiary determinations
• Blackout notice
distribution
• Census review
• Corrective distributions
• Death benefit approval
• Distribution reporting
• DOL and IRS issue
resolution assistance
• Eligibility calculations
• Eligibility notifications
• Employer contribution monitoring
• ERISA bond review
• Error correction monitoring
• Fiduciary insurance
coverage review
• Force out processing
• Form 5330 preparation
• Form 5500 preparation,
signing, and filing
• Form 8955 preparation,
signing, and filing
• Fund change notice distribution
• Hardship withdrawal approval
• Loan approval and reporting
• Loan default monitoring
• Loan policy administration
• Lost earnings calculations
• Participant enrollment assistance
• Payroll aggregation
• Payroll file aggregation
• Plan design review
• Plan design review
• Plan document interpretation
• Plan document preparation
and archiving
• Plan irregularity notification
• QDIA notice distribution
• QDRO determinations and
reporting
• Quarterly investment
review meetings
• Rate change monitoring
and reporting
• Required minimum distributions
• Safe harbor notice distribution
• SAR production and distribution
• SMM notice distribution
• SPD production and distribution
• Spousal consent approvals
• Termination date verification
and maintenance
• Termination withdrawal approval
• Trustee duties
• Review and submit payroll files
• Vesting verification and tracking
• Year-end data collection and review
VS
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES WITH California Craft Brewery Retirement Solution
TAKES ON OVER
OF FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITIES
An employer who sponsors a retirement plan for their employees has overriding fiduciary responsibility for the plan. This solution allows the employer to outsource that responsibility to the highest degree.
LET US MAKE YOUR JOB EASIER
Improve accuracy, save time and effort
SIMPLIFIED PAYROLL AND RECORDKEEPING
PayStart provides a service for qualifying clients that allows contribution data to be sent directly from the payroll vendor to Transamerica, eliminating the need for the plan sponsor to create and manipulate a separate file. This can help your organization:
Transfer of participant compensation, contribution, and other data to Transamerica happens automatically and securely
Payroll uploads and deferral changes are no longer timeconsuming tasks, allowing for more efficiency
Automated integration reduces opportunities for compliance issues and can save your staff time from dealing with errors
With automation, staff can recover their time and focus on other important matters
THE BEDROCK REPORTING SYSTEM ™
With data gathered from contribution files from the plan sponsor and recordkeeper, TAG can match employees with specifics provided in the plan document to determine eligibility and verify participant information. In addition, the system captures rate changes, new loans, and hardship withdrawals and monitors contributions and distributions to ensure compliance with plan documents and [401(k)/403(b)] limits. Every step in the process is time-stamped, so the complete data cycle is monitored. The system allows TAG to monitor operational health and catch minor errors before exposing the plan to compliance violations.
Employers can focus on their business rather than running a retirement plan
ADVANTAGES & CORE BENEFITS
The Advantages of The California Craft Brewery Retirement Solution
Employers don’t want fines or penalties. TAG Resources' processes are developed to administer plans to be DOL and IRS compliant.
Employers want to work with industry leaders. The Craft Brewers Association combines industry-leading professional service providers for “end-to-end” retirement plan oversight, including robust tools and resources for employees.
Employers don’t want to be 401(k)/403(b) experts. TAG Resources oversees plan set-up, implementation, monitoring, enrollment, and other duties.
Employers don’t want to be at risk. By shifting administrative and certain named fiduciary duties to TAG Re, employers can mitigate the most defined legal obligations and responsibilities.
Employers don’t want to overpay. California Craft Brewers Association is built on a pooled pricing model and often costs less than other programs offering fewer comprehensive services.
A DEDICATED TEAM BEHIND THE
California Craft Brewery Retirement Solution
MEET THE TEAM
DRIVING PARTICIPANT SUCCESS
At any time, employers are easily integrated, enrolled, and tracked in the Transamerica platform.
PARTICIPANT EXPERIENCE
Transamerica equips participants with a comprehensive retirement experience that grants insights into their financial future. Powered by Morningstar’s sophisticated methodology, the Your Retirement Outlook® app simplifies complex investments and guides participants toward achieving their personalized income goals in retirement. Using simple weather icons, the app shows participants if their current investment strategy is likely to produce the income they’re seeking in retirement.
As of December 31, 2022
CONTACT US
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michael.faircloth@raymondjames.com
209-579-1287
TRANSAMERICA PYRAMID LOGO, RETIREMENT PLAN EXCHANGE, and YOUR RETIREMENT OUTLOOK are all service marks of Transamerica Corporation. Securities offered through Transamerica Investors Securities Corporation (TISC), member FINRA, 440 Mamaroneck Avenue, Harrison, NY 10528. TAG Resources, Inc., is a wholly owned subsidiary of Transamerica, but there are no other affiliations between the two and any other organization referenced.
Important: The projections or other information generated by the engine (which produces Your Retirement Outlook®) regarding the likelihood of various investment outcomes are hypothetical, do not reflect actual investment results, and are not guarantees of future results. Results derived from the tool may vary with each use and over time.
The Choice Pooled Solution℠ is not a traditional multiple employer plan (MEP). Unlike a traditional MEP, certain plan qualification and ERISA requirements are applied at the individual plan/participating employer level. Pooled employer plans (PEPs) are a new type of multiple employer plan for which the Department of Labor (DOL) and IRS guidance is still pending in a number of areas. An employer participating in the plan retains certain fiduciary responsibilities, including responsibility for selecting and monitoring the 3(16) plan administrator as well as the Pooled Plan Provider (PPP), for determining the reasonableness of service providers’ fees, and for periodically reviewing the plan as a whole. Among other responsibilities, the PPP acts as the 3(16) plan fiduciary (or delegates another entity to serve in such capacity). Transamerica does not act as a 3(16) plan fiduciary.
The Retirement Plan Exchange®/Group Plan Solution is not a multiple employer plan (MEP). Unlike a MEP, certain plan qualification and ERISA requirements are applied at the individual plan level. An employer participating in the plan retains certain fiduciary responsibilities, including responsibility for retaining and monitoring the 3(16) plan administrator, for determining the reasonableness of its fees, and for periodically reviewing the plan as a whole. Transamerica does not act as a 3(16) plan fiduciary.
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