Get Form 5306-SEP. Application For Approval Of Prototype Simplified Employee Pension

Disadvantages of a SEP IRA Employees don't make their own contributions and you must contribute the same percentage of employee compensation as you do to your own SEP account. No catch-up contributions: If you're over the age of 50, there are no catch-up contributions like you see with IRAs and 401(k)s.

Form 5305-SEP (Model SEP) is used by an employer to make an agreement to provide benefits to all eligible employees under a simplified employee pension (SEP) described in section 408(k).

You can't maintain both plans at the same time as a business owner. You also can't offer them both to your employees, although your employees may participate in both plans if you provide one type and another employer has provided them with the other.

A SIMPLE IRA, also known as a Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees, is ideal for small business owners because it lacks the reporting requirements and paperwork that's required for many other types of workplace retirement plans, like 401(k)s. Both employers and employees can contribute money to a SIMPLE IRA.

IRS Form 5305-SIMPLE, Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees of Small Employers (SIMPLE) - for Use with a Designated Financial Institution, if you require that all contributions under the SIMPLE IRA plan be initially deposited with a designated financial institution.

Key differences between the two programs include the following: The SEP IRA allows only employers to contribute to the plan, and employees are not allowed to add money. The SIMPLE IRA allows employees to add money using elective deferrals from their paycheck, so they can control how much they want to save.

Generally, a SEP-IRA is good for businesses with less than 100 employees because it allows employers to adjust contributions based on cash flow. SIMPLE IRAs can be used by businesses of any size.

Pub. 590, Individual Retirement Arrangements (IRAs). Form 5305A-SEP is a model salary reduction simplified employee pension (SEP) used by an employer to permit employees to make elective deferrals to a SEP described in section 408(k). Note: SEPs permitting elective deferrals cannot be established after 1996.