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Main Street Business

#595 Benefits of a Solo 401(k) and How to Qualify

Main Street Business

Mark J Kohler and Mat Sorensen

Tax Reform, Entrepreneurship, Business, Irs Updates, Tax Tips, Legal Compliance, Business Structure, Tax Prep, Accounting, Tax Strategies, Management, Financial Reporting, Estate Planning

2.4584 Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Take control of your retirement with a Solo 401(k): https://kkoslawyers.com/services/solo-401k-set-up/?utm_source=buzzsprout&utm_medium=description-link&utm_content=solo-401k-p1-benefits&utm_campaign=main-street-business-podcast Are you overlooking one of the most powerful retirement strategies available to entrepreneurs and small business owners? In this episode of the Main Street Business Podcast, Mark J. Kohler and Mat Sorensen take a deep dive into the Solo 401(k) — explaining...

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0:00.0

You are allowed to have a solo 401k with any type of small business in revenue. So if you have a

0:06.6

side hustle, maybe you're driving Uber. You can fund a solo 401k with your Uber revenue. You're

0:11.0

selling something online. You're doing a small service. You run a janitorial business in the

0:15.5

evenings with your family. I don't know. Any type of business income you're generating,

0:19.8

you are allowed to have a solo

0:21.4

401 on top of a work 401k and on top of a Roth.

0:25.8

But you can also roll over existing retirement account dollars. So if I've got an old

0:29.7

employer 401k with traditional 401k dollars, even Roth 401k dollars, I can roll that into my

0:36.5

solo 401k. The gateway to that into my solo 401K.

0:37.8

The gateway to entry is very, very low.

0:46.7

Welcome to the Main Street Business Podcast.

0:48.8

My name is Mark Kohler.

0:49.6

I'm here with my incredible podcast partner, Matt Sorensen, who I just learned from every time we go live on our

0:57.2

podcast. And today, we are starting part one, which means we have part two.

1:02.0

But some part one and part two of the amazing solo 401k. And today is about all the good stuff.

1:09.9

And do I qualify?

1:17.3

Part two is going to be, how do I implement this and make it happen and make it even better and shoot for the stars?

1:19.2

So I think we're going to, this is so powerful, so important.

1:22.6

Yeah, the solo 401K is the number one retirement account you should know about if you're

1:26.9

self-employed. And if you're someone who's self-employed, we run across those clients all the time, real estate agents. You could be the doctor, the dentist, the consultant, the Uber driver. I don't care what you are. You're self-employed, but you have no other employees. So the government said, hey, we should let these people have their own 401k too.

1:45.1

It's not just for big companies that have all these employees.

1:48.3

These self-employed people, this gig economy that's got so many people in it now, let's let them have their own 401k, where they can put 70 grand a year in it.

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