Baden Retirement Plan Services
Retirement Plan Management, Administration, and Compliance
Baden Retirement Plan Services, an AscensusSM company, is an independent third party administrator (TPA) of tax qualified defined contribution plans located in Fort Wayne and Indianapolis, Indiana. The plans can be allocated, traditional balance forward or daily valuation multi-fund open architecture platform.  We administer 401(k), 403(b), 457(b), Safe Harbor 401(k), SIMPLE 401(k), Profit Sharing, Money Purchase, New Comparability, Davis-Bacon (Prevailing Wage), and Individual 401(k) plans. Because we're independent, we do not manage assets or collect commissions; we provide objective consultation and services. We are proud to have been rated in the Top 10 Plan Administrators in the nation by The 401kExchange for three consecutive years. Contact us to request a proposal or with questions on implementing a defined contribution plan.



Fort Wayne, IN - Headquarters: 6920 Pointe Inverness Way, Suite 300, Fort Wayne, IN 46804 (260) 422-3499 or (888) 422-3499, Fax (260) 423-6479 or (888) 423-6479; Indianapolis, IN - 9229 Delegates Row, Suite 470, Indianapolis, IN 46240, (317) 844-6090 or (800) 234-0921, Fax (317) 846-9320

Questions about your account? Contact the Call Center at (866) 915-2040 or click here to e-mail your inquiry .  We are  currently upgrading our network; please call the Call Center for assistance if you e-mail your question and do not receive a timely response.

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Beginning with the 2009 plan year, the Department of Labor (DOL) will require retirement and welfare plans to file their annual reports, the Form 5500, electronically. This new electronic filing system is called EFAST2. The transition from paper filing to electronic filing will result in significant changes in procedures. Although the 2009 Form 5500 is not filed until 2010, plan sponsors should should start now to get ready for this big change. The EFAST2 is expected to be operational as of January 1, 2010.
In its Summer 2009 issue of "Employee Plans News", the Internal Revenue Service reminds "employers entitled to use the pre-approved six-year cycle of an upcoming April 30, 2010 deadline to: 1) adopt the final approved version of the defined contribution pre-approved plan; and 2) submit applications for determination letters." Baden Retirement Plan Services, and other plan document sponsors, are currently in the process of communicating with clients to obtain required information and data to help them meet this important deadline. Plan sponsors should respond promptly and thoroughly to this information request to help keep the process moving along in order to meet the April 30, 2010 deadline. Click on the title of this news item for information about the consequences of not meeting the deadline.
The IRS has issued much-anticipated proposed regulations that allow employers experiencing business hardships to reduce or suspend 401(k) safe harbor plan nonelective contributions (including nonelective contributions made to satisfy qualified automatic contribution arrangement requirements). These proposed regulations generally parallel the final 401(k) regulations' provisions for reducing or eliminating safe harbor matching contributions. They may be relied on for amendments adopted after May 18, 2009. If final regulations are more restrictive when issued, they will be applied prospectively only.
"The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued guidance to employers about a Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) extended by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act (ARRTA) for hiring unemployed veterans and 'disconnected youth(s)'", according to PlanSponsor.com.
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation ("PBGC") issued Disaster Relief Announcement 09-08 on May 1, 2009, stating that it is "waiving certain penalties and extending certain deadlines in response to the severe storms and flooding that occurred on March 8, 2009, in Indiana."
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