Ascensus

Ascensus Retirement Services

Ascensus, a leading retirement plan solutions provider, will act as the pre-approved sponsor for your client's retirement plan document. As one of the largest qualified retirement plan platforms in the country, we offer many plan design options to help create a plan that meets anyone's needs.
 

Forms

Establish Individual(k) Plan Document
with Recordkeeping Services
 
 
New in 2025!
 
Establishing a retirement plan should be intuitive, efficient, and tailored to your needs. That’s why we’re introducing a new digital onboarding experience—designed to simplify and streamline the process.
 
For new plan sales, paper forms will no longer be accepted after August 31, 2025.
 
An Individual(k) plan is designed for sole proprietors with no employees, or for owners and their spouses, offering elective deferrals and/or profit sharing contributions.
 
With recordkeeping service, Ascensus will provide plan document support and maintenance for your Individual(k) plan. As necessary, Ascensus will provide your plan with applicable IRS required amendments and restate your plan document as needed. In addition to the plan document services, Ascensus will also provide recordkeeping services for your Individual(k) plan that will include annual statements and tax form preparation.
 
The investment account(s) (opened post-August 2025) must be set up as Participant accounts and have the Third-Party Provider field set as 'Ascensus' for each participant at Pershing for plans with recordkeeping services. No change is required for the existing accounts. Roth Elective Deferrals should be held in a separate account to accurately reflect any net gain or loss. The investment account number(s) will be required to complete the plan-setup process.
 
Additional account fees will apply for more than one investment account per participant.
 
To get started with a Pershing Individual(k) simply click on the link to get started.
 
 
If you already have an Individual(k) plan with recordkeeping at Ascensus, please contact the Sales team, at 833-889-2333 or iksales@ascensus.com, for alternate instructions on your plan-setup.