What’s New in RPC Cash Balance?
November 28, 2023
•UPDATED: 2024 Maximum Contribution for Cash Balance table has been released!
November 3, 2023
•UPDATED: 2024 Dollar Limits have been released!
August 5, 2023
•NEW FEATURE:
üSole Proprietorship/Partnership calculation has been added to the Cash Balance Proposal System. Learn more
December 7, 2022
•UPDATED: 2023 Maximum Contribution for Cash Balance table has been released!
September 19, 2022
•NEW FEATURE:
üAdded a new facility that allows you to Import/Export the selected Plan information. Learn more.
July 25, 2022
•PROJECTED: 2023 Dollar Limits have been released!
June 7, 2022
•Patch Update in Cash Balance tab of Plan Specifications
üIn Cash Balance tab, added a new option to limit the Maximum Cash Balance allocation to PVAB (Present Value Accrued Benefit).
Here is an example of the Maximum Cash Balance Contribution report which displays the PVAB.
April 18, 2022
•UPDATED CENSUS TEMPLATE HAS BEEN RELEASED!!
We highly suggest downloading the latest version of our census template to prevent any incorrect data entries when uploading your census file.
You can download the updated census template from any of the following:
üFrom the Home page, click on the "Download the Census Template" or
üClick on the "View a Directory of Existing Plans" link
ØSelect a Plan
ØClick on the [Upload Census] button
ØFrom the Census Upload Options page, click on the "Excel Template" link
March 23, 2022
•New Contribution Type added to Classes
üThe "401(a)(26) Minimum" contribution type will allocate cash balance amounts such that the class member will meet the meaningful benefit requirement of a 0.5% accrual rate.
March 11, 2022
•Patch Update in Owner Only Report
üIn the Owner Only Plan Analysis, added "Exclude 401(k)" and "Exclude Profit Sharing" options to exclude the 401(k) Deferrals and the Profit Sharing Contribution in the report. Learn more.
February 15, 2022
•Patch Update in 401k tab of Plan Specifications and Census Template
üIn 401k tab, added "4% Non- Elective" option for Safe Harbor Contribution
üThe updated census template has been released! We highly suggest downloading the latest version of our census template to prevent any incorrect data entries when uploading your census file.
December 6, 2021
•Patch Update in Owner Only Report
üIn the Owner Only Plan Analysis, added new options "Firm" to define your company name and "Show Logo" to include your report logo to the report.
November 5, 2021
•Patch Update in Minimum Allocation Gateway Report, Census page, and General tab of Plan Specifications
üThe Cash Balance System has been enhanced to check to see if the combo plan is Primarily DB in Nature in order to avoid having to pass the Minimum Gateway Test.
üAn override for the Catch-Up contribution has been added to the Employee Information screen. This will allow for partial Catch-Up contributions. Go to Employee Information to learn more.
üIn the General tab of Plan Specifications, added a new option to include your report logo to a specific plan.
October 27, 2021
•UPDATED: 2022 Maximum Contribution for Cash Balance table has been released!
August 23, 2021
•PROJECTED: 2022 Dollar Limits have been released!
July 2, 2021
•The Funding Interest Rates for the 2020 and 2021 plan years defined by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) have been released.
April 1, 2021
•Patch Update in Census page
üIn Employee Information record, added new options for Overrides in Match Contribution which applies to any Match (Regular Match or Safe Harbor Match) and Safe Harbor Contribution which applies to the Non-elective Safe Harbor. Go to Employee Information to learn more.
November 19, 2020
•Batch Delete of Plans has been released!
üIntroducing our new facility to "Batch Delete" your plans based on your preferred parameters. Learn more.
October 24, 2020
•UPDATED: 2021 Dollar Limits have been released!
January 22, 2020
•UPDATED: 2020 Funding Interest Segment Rates have been released!
December 03, 2019
•Patch Update in User Profile
üAdded new facility to Reset your Security Question and Answer in User Profile page. Learn more.
October 28, 2019
•Patch Update in Uploading of Census File
üThere was an issue in Census page wherein there are missing class codes when uploading a census file; this has been fixed.
October 17, 2019
•UPDATED: 2020 Dollar Limits have been released!
•UPDATED: 2020 Maximum Contribution for Cash Balance table has been released!
•Added a new facility to upload your census information directly from the RPC - Defined Contribution system. Learn more.
July 24, 2019
•UPDATED: 2019 Compensation Table has been released.
May 8, 2019
•Patch Update in Contribution Summary Chart Report, DC Plan Employer Contribution Report and Target Normal Cost Calculations
üThere was an error in Contribution Summary Chart Report wherein the legend shows incorrect descriptions; this has been fixed
üIn Non-Discrimination Testing Result, a warning message will be displayed when Employer Contribution exceeds the 25% limit
üThere was a bug in Target Normal Cost wherein it shows incorrect calculations; this has been corrected.
January 14, 2019
The Old Cash Balance will be decommissioned on Feb 1, 2019. Start using the New Cash Balance System for an enhanced uploading of census records and upgraded report calculations.
UPDATED: 2019 Maximum Contribution for Cash Balance table has been released!
UPDATED: 2019 Funding Interest Segment Rates have been released!
December 14, 2018
•Patch Update in Cash Balance tab of Plan Specifications:
üIn Cash Balance tab of Plan Specifications, the default value for Combined Mortality Table has been changed to "Yes" option.
December 6, 2018
•Patch Update in Target Normal Cost Report
üThere was a bug in Target Normal Cost Report whereby the value in Actuarial Equivalence formula shows incorrect calculations; this has been fixed.
October 22, 2018
•UPDATED: 2019 Dollar Limits have been released!
July 23, 2018
•The New Cash Balance System will be released very soon!
In the coming weeks we will be decommissioning the old Cash Balance website, you may start using the New Cash Balance System.
To access the New Cash Balance System, go to the Home page, click the "Upgrade New Cash Balance System" button. Learn more.
April 19, 2018
•Patch Update in Owner Only Plan Analysis
üThere was a bug in Contribution Report Analysis wherein the Earned Income for Combination Cash Balance/401K shows incorrect calculations; this has been fixed.
December 1, 2017
•UPDATED: 2018 Compensation Table has been released.
November 8, 2017
•UPDATED: 2018 Dollar Limits have been released
•UPDATED: 2018 Maximum Contribution for Cash Balance table has been released
•Patch Update in Census page
üIn Census page, the incorrect display of columns when using Google Chrome has been fixed.
June 14, 2017
•Patch Update in Census page and Employee Information record
üIn Census page and Employee information record, the classes are now arranged alphabetically.
June 5, 2017
•Patch Update in HCE Determination, Classes, Plan Provision and Contribution Reports
üIn Employee information, when "Owner?" was changed from "Yes" to "No" and click Save, it reverted to "Yes"
üIn the Census, updating an owner to have an Ownership Percent greater than 5% made the owner an HCE but any participants with the same Family Code were not flagged as HCEs
üIn Classes, the first three classes (A, B, and C) cannot be renamed or deleted; any class that is not applied to participants will be excluded from the Plan Provisions Report
üIn Plan Provision Report, the incorrect display of class percentage value has been fixed
üIn the Plan Contribution Report, the contribution pie chart now includes non-owner principal deferrals.
March 8, 2017
•Patch Update for Non-Discrimination Testing Result
üIssues in ABPT and Minimum Participation Reports when exporting to excel format have fixed.
January 19, 2017
•Patch Update for Last Year Earnings and Segment Rate selection
üLast Year Earnings will default to Current Year Earnings if left blank in the census
üSegment rates will be automatically selected based on Plan Effective Date.
December 29, 2016
•UPDATED: 2017 Dollar Limits have been released.
October 7, 2016
•Patch Update in Owner Only Report Calculation
üOwner Only age miscalculation has been corrected.
August 4, 2016
•Help System in Classes, Census and Worksheet Reports have been published.
July 27, 2016
•2016 Maximum Contribution for Cash Balance table has been released.
July 8, 2016
•NEW Help Files (system documentation) have been published; just click on (on the top menu).
June 15, 2016
•NEW "Worksheet" for Rate Group Test has been released!! - This tool is used to display and identify how many number of NHCE's needed to add to PASS this rate group test. Learn more.
March 21, 2016
•Patch Update for Rate Group Testing Report
üRate Group Testing sorting has been updated to correspond to the HCE and NHCE ratios for each group
üOther bug fixes and improvements.
December 30, 2015
•Patch Update for for 2016 Dollar Limits, Password Reset and New Worksheets on Minimum Allocation Gateway
üUpdated 2016 Dollar Limits have been released
üIssue concerning "Forgot your password?" has been resolved
üNew Worksheet for Minimum Allocation Gateway
üOther bug fixes and improvements.
August 12, 2015
•Patch Update for Census Template Uploading and Exporting, ABPT Worksheet and Top Heavy Calculations
üSeveral bugs in Average Benefits Percentage Test Worksheet and Top Heavy Calculations have been fixed
üEnhanced Census template uploading and exporting includes formatting and data entry validations.
July 8, 2015
•NEW "Worksheet" for Average Benefit Percentage Test - Another powerful tool to optimize your test results, now for the Average Benefit Percentage Test. Select the button from the test results page for the new interactive test. Make changes, see the results, and even apply your changes from this single Worksheet page. Learn more.
March 30, 2015
•NEW "Worksheet" for Minimum Participation Test - Introducing a new tool to help you analyze and tweak the Minimum Participation Test Result. We have replaced the button next to the Minimum Participation Test with the button in Non-Discrimination Testing Result. Click on it and you'll get the above worksheet. Learn more.
March 25, 2015
•NEW "Eligibility" options:
ü24 months for minimum service
üChoose your own Plan Entry: Annual (PYB), Semi-Annual, Quarterly, Monthly, or Immediate.
March 9, 2015
•NEW "Census Template" - an enhanced census template that is designed to allow you to upload the same census file to both the RPC and RPC Cash Balance. If you subscribe to both RPC and RPC Cash Balance Systems, you can use the same Excel File and compare a Cash Balance proposal against a New Comparability proposal.
Note: More extensive data validations have been added. Remember, when you're cutting from another excel file to this template, be sure to paste values only. Do not include the formatting from the file you're copying from.
November 27, 2014
•IMPROVED HCE/NHCE Override: You can easily identify the overridden HCE/NHCE and calculated HCE/NHCE in Employee Lists
•NEW "Top Heavy Test." A warning has been added whenever a Non-Key Employee has a Profit Sharing allocation of less than 5%. This warning applies to Top Heavy Plans and most combination plans are Top Heavy. (We assume that participants making $170,000 or more are Officers and therefore Key)
October 20, 2014
•UPDATED: Projected 2015 Dollar Limits are now in the system
•NEW FEATURE:
oTesting Age - added a new field that will be used for Non-Discrimination testing if the 401(k)/PS Retirement Age is greater than the Retirement Age for the Cash Balance plan
•IMPROVED Census Interface: Employee Edit improved for easier adding and editing of participants
•IMPROVED Test Results on Rate Group Test and ABPT Test. Shows simplified status when Rate Group is Passed at 70% and when ABPT is N/A (Not Applicable).
September 15, 2014
•NEW FEATURES:
oUpload your Logo - you can now upload your company logo, which will appear on the report cover pages and the owner only reports. Learn more.
oSearch plans by company name - an enhanced plan directory filter allows you to find your plans quickly and easily
oOption to include Owners' deferrals in Employer Cost - this new feature allows you to include the owners' deferral and catch-up contributions in the Employer Cost calculation. Learn more.
•IMPROVED SECURITY FEATURES:
oSecurity Question - this replaces the "security code" to authenticate, validate and secure your information
oPassword Reset Notification - you will be notified by email when your password is reset
oCaptcha Challenge - mitigates malicious hacking attempts on your account
oImproved Password Encryption - an upgrade to our current password encryption for greater security.
•ALL NEW Login Page - we’ve updated the login page with a brand new look and enhanced security and password reset utilities
•IMPROVED Cash Balance User Interface - our improved and simplified interface is more intuitive and user-friendly
•IMPROVED Stability and System Performance - users will experience faster calculation and report generation, and encounter fewer errors.