For most participants, Microsoft contributes $0.50 for every $1 of eligible pre-tax or Roth contributions, matching contributions up to 50% of the annual IRS employee-contribution limit.
See reviewed source ↓DIRECTIONS ON MICROSOFT
REDMOND COMMUNICATIONS, INC. RETIREMENT PLAN · For the plan year ended Dec 31, 2025
Legal sponsor: REDMOND COMMUNICATIONS, INC. DBA DIRECTIONS ON MICROSOFT
Plan summary
The numbers that matter first
The filing reports $261,076 in employer contributions.
medium confidence
6 of 7 fields
Based on the reviewed match formula; special limits may apply.
Participants are fully vested in their plan accounts at all times.
Microsoft pays administrative expenses not paid or offset by the plan.
Participants direct their accounts among mutual funds, collective trusts, separately managed accounts, and an optional brokerage account.
Regular and retail-services employees of participating employers on U.S.
The selected official filing does not establish a current default rate.
Available. Participants may contribute on a pre-tax and/or Roth basis, subject to plan and IRS limits.
Up 0.0% over the filing history shown.
Participation up 0.0% · assets up 0.0%
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How this filing compares
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Peer-group method: industry size. Limitations: administrative_cost_measure_unavailable_or_zero
The short version
What employees should know
For the year ended Dec 31, 2025, DIRECTIONS ON MICROSOFT reported $261,076 in employer contributions across this plan, or $17,405 per active participant. This is the best company-wide filing average available—not a promise of what any one employee receives.
Up 0.0% across the filing years shown. The filing does not report every employee who was eligible.
Change in employer contributions per active participant.
Change in reported administrative cost per participant. Fund expenses may be separate.
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Money and scale
Contributions, assets, and expenses
These are plan-wide totals. They are not individual account balances.
- Employer contributions
- $261,076 $17,405 per active participant
- Participant contributions
- $291,082
- Other contributions
- Not reported Amounts not classified as employer or participant contributions
- Employer share of contributions
- 47.3%
- Active participants
- 15 Small plan
- Total participants
- 16 18 at the beginning of the year
- Ending assets
- $10,775,352 $673,460 per participant
- Net-asset change
- Up 0.0% Not the same as investment performance
- Beginning net assets
- $9,740,229
- Ending net assets
- $10,775,352
- Beginning liabilities
- Not reported
- Ending liabilities
- Not reported
- Total income
- $1,945,985
- Total expenses
- $910,862
- Administrative expenses
- Not reported Not reported per active participant
- Participant loans
- Not reported Not reported of plan assets
Three-year filing history
How the reported figures changed
Each chart uses the selected public filing for that year. Missing values remain blank rather than becoming zero.
| Plan year | Employer money per active participant | Active participants | Plan assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $17,405 | 15 | 10.8M |
Changes in plan assets are not the same as investment performance.
Plan health
Operational signals worth checking
- Participant loans as a share of plan assets
- Not reported
- Independent accountant’s opinion
- Not stated in the filing
- Late participant contributions reported
- Not reportedA “yes” needs context and is not, by itself, proof of wrongdoing.
- Loan defaults reported
- Not reported
- Lease defaults reported
- Not reportedOnly a small number of filings report these events.
- Nonexempt transactions reported
- Not reported
- Public plan identifier
- 911556156-001
Reported plan details
Identity and filing status
- Plan type
- Retirement plan
- Employer arrangement
- 1
- Plan effective date
- Dec 1, 1994
- Industry
- Professional, scientific, and technical services
- Amended filing
- No
- Final filing for this plan
- No
- Short plan year
- No
- 401(k) feature reported
- Yes
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2E2G2J2K3D2R2T
Company filings
What the company has told the SEC about this plan
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What it says about employer contributions
articipant contribution amount eligible to be matched is 6 percent of eligible compensation as defined by the Plan. Participants do not receive a match on after-tax contributions. Employer matching contributions are recorded when participant contributions are withheld. Participant Accounts Each participant’s account is credited with (a) participant contributions and employer contributions, and (b) the allocation of Plan earnings and expenses, based on participant earnings or account balances, as defined. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participant’s vested account. All amounts in participant accounts are participant-directed. Participants may invest in various instruments including money markets and mutual funds. Vesting Participa
What it says about vesting
nt. All amounts in participant accounts are participant-directed. Participants may invest in various instruments including money markets and mutual funds. Vesting Participants are fully vested in Plan accounts at all times. Distributions Active participants may take a withdrawal from the Plan in the event of a financial hardship. A hardship withdrawal is limited to pre-tax and catch-up contribution accounts. A hardship withdrawal will generally result in a twelve-month suspension of pre-tax and after-tax contributions to the Plan. After reaching age 59½, active participants may withdraw all, or any portion, of the balance in their accounts, including withdrawals from their rollover and after-tax account types within the Plan, without meeting one of the hardship criteria. Distributions, in
What it says about fees
ployer contributions 324,569 Total contributions 1,286,499 Interest income on participant loans 10,926 Total additions 6,319,591 DEDUCTIONS Benefits paid to participants 1,423,378 Administrative expenses 375 Total deductions 1,423,753 NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS 4,895,838 NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS Beginning of year 33,868,148 End of year $ 38,763,986 Refer to accompanying notes. 3 NOTES TO FIN ANCIAL STATEMENTS NOTE 1 — DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN AND ACCOUNTING POLICIES Plan Description The One Microsoft Puerto Rico Retirement Plan (the “Plan”) is a defined contribution retirement plan . Effective April 1, 2024, Microsoft Caribbean, Inc. became the Plan’s sole sponsor (the “Sponsor”). Prior to April 1, 2024, the Plan was sponsored by the following participating e
What it says about employer contributions
count balance under the Plan has been distributed or forfeited. Participant Accounts Each participant account is credited with the participant’s contributions, rollovers, employer-matching contributions, profit sharing contributions, and allocations of Plan income. Allocations of Plan income are based on participant account balances. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participant’s vested account. Vesting Participants are always vested in the value of their contributions and earnings thereon. A participant shall be fully vested in the employer-matching and profit sharing contributions allocated to his or her account or Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”) account and any income thereon upon completing three years of vesting service
What it says about vesting
that can be provided from the participant’s vested account. Vesting Participants are always vested in the value of their contributions and earnings thereon. A participant shall be fully vested in the employer-matching and profit sharing contributions allocated to his or her account or Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”) account and any income thereon upon completing three years of vesting service or upon death, disability, retirement from Verizon or its Participating Affiliates, attainment of normal retirement age, or involuntary termination (other than for cause or in connection with a business transaction). - 4 - Forfeitures Forfeited balances of terminated participants' non-vested accounts are used to reduce future employer-matching contributions and profit sharing contributions. For
What it says about automatic enrollment
0 or older can elect to make additional catch-up contributions to the Plan. Contributions are subject to certain Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) limitations. The Plan includes an auto-enrollment provision whereby certain newly eligible employees are automatically enrolled in the Plan at a contribution rate of 6 % of eligible compensation unless they affirmatively elect not to participate in the Plan or elect to contribute at a different rate. Contributions for an automatically enrolled participant are invested in the Target Date Fund that corresponds most closely with the year the participant will turn age 65 , the qualified default investment alternative designated by the Plan administrator, until changed by the participant. Automatic enrollment applies to eligible employees who are cove
What it says about fees
ivable from participants 293 Contributions: Participant contributions 5,266 Employer contributions 1,759 Total contributions 7,025 Deductions: Benefits paid to participants 33,126 Administrative expenses 491 Total deductions 33,617 Net increase 9,799 Net assets available for benefits Beginning of year 317,538 End of year $ 327,337 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. - 3 - VERIZON SAVINGS AND SECURITY PLAN FOR WEST REGION HOURLY EMPLOYEES Notes to Financial Statements 1. Plan Description The following description of the Verizon Savings and Security Plan for West Region Hourly Employees (the “Plan”) provides only general information. Participants should refer to the Summary Plan Description and Plan Document for a complete description of the Plan’s prov
Verified plan terms
What dated primary sources say
These terms come from reviewed official sources. Blank items remain unknown rather than inferred.
- Employer contribution
- For most participants, Microsoft contributes $0.50 for every $1 of eligible pre-tax or Roth contributions, matching contributions up to 50% of the annual IRS employee-contribution limit. The maximum $11,500 match shown for 2024 changes with the IRS limit. InXile and Double Fine participants were subject to a lower 25% formula.
- Eligibility
- Regular and retail-services employees of participating employers on U.S. payroll who are at least 18 may enroll at any time.
- Vesting
- Participants are fully vested in their plan accounts at all times.
- Investment information
- Participants direct their accounts among mutual funds, collective trusts, separately managed accounts, and an optional brokerage account. New contributions to Microsoft common stock have not been allowed since 2016.
- Automatic enrollment
- Not stated in these sources
- Roth contributions
- Available. Participants may contribute on a pre-tax and/or Roth basis, subject to plan and IRS limits.
- Participant fees
- Microsoft pays administrative expenses not paid or offset by the plan. Participants pay fees for services they use, including loans, domestic-relations-order reviews, some check services, professional management, and Microsoft-stock trading commissions.
Source: Microsoft Corporation Savings Plus 401(k) Plan — 2024 Form 11-K ↗ · dated Dec 31, 2024
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