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Post Thanksgiving Day
The Program will be closed in the afternoon in observance of the holiday.
RMD sweeps (first week of December)
The Program will automatically sweep any accounts where an RMD is required if paperwork has not yet been received. Participants have until December 31 to take their RMD.
401(k) Plan: Notify your Eligible Employees of the Safe Harbor Contributions for 2026
401(k) Plans Intended to Comply with the Traditional or Automatic Enrollment Safe Harbor Requirements: If you sponsor a 401(k) plan intended to meet safe harbor requirements in 2024, you have from October 3 until December 2 to notify your eligible employees of the safe harbor contributions for 2024. If this applies to your plan, the Program … Continued
Last Day to Make a Retroactive SH NEC for the 2025 Plan Year
401(k) Plans Intended to Comply with the Traditional or Automatic Enrollment Safe Harbor Requirements: If you sponsor a 401(k) plan intended to meet safe harbor requirements in 2026, today (December 1, 2025) is the last day to make a retroactive safe harbor non-elective contribution for the 2025 plan year.
Send Qualified Default Investment Alternative (QDIA) to Participants
All Plans: If you have elected a Qualified Default Investment Alternative (QDIA) for your plan, it is required that all participants and beneficiaries on whose behalf an investment in a QDIA may be made in 2026, receive the annual notice by December 2. Please refer to the sample notice and information for more details.
Send 2023 Summary Annual Report (SAR) if you filed a Form 5558
Distribute the Summary Annual Report (SAR) to all participants and beneficiaries with a balance in the plan by December 15 if you filed Form 5558 to extend the due date of your Form 5500.
Christmas Eve
The Program will be closed in the afternoon in observance of the holiday.
Christmas
The Program will be closed in observance of the holiday.
Distribute Excess Contributions to all Affected Participants
All plans: any 2024 excess contributions must be distributed to all affected participants to avoid a disqualifying event. (Corrective measures rules can be complex; see the instructions attached to the Corrective Measures for Contributions Form for more information.)
Make Legally Permitted Optional Amendments to Existing Plans for 2024
All plans: Make legally permitted, optional amendments to an existing plan for 2024 by today. These changes must be adopted by the last day of the plan year in which the change becomes effective. (If the change eliminates a right or reduces future benefits, it must be adopted in advance of the effective date and, … Continued
Remind Participants to Withdraw their Required Minimum Distribution
All plans: Remind participants who are age 73 or older that they may need to withdraw their required minimum distribution (RMD) by December 31 if they are subject to the regulations (i.e., they are no longer employed by your firm or they were 5% or more owners* in the year they attained age 72). The … Continued