All Plans: Send the 2021 Summary Annual Report (SAR) to participants by September 30 (unless the due date for your Form 5500 is extended to a later date).

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 2023, you have from October 3 until December 2 to notify your eligible employees of the safe harbor contributions for 2023. If this applies to your plan, the Program will provide you with a sample participant safe harbor notice. Please review the Safe Harbor notice and instructions for additional information.

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 2023, receive the annual notice by December 2. Please refer to the sample notice and information for more details.  

Self-directed brokerage account participant statements are distributed.

3rd Quarter account statements are available.

All Plans: Form 5500 is due to be filed electronically with the DOL by October 15, if your firm filed Form 5558 by July 31, 2022.

Sole Proprietors and Corporations: Send 2021 employer contributions for your firm’s plan to the Program by October 15 if you filed for an extension of your income tax return due date with the IRS. A Contribution Confirmation report will be mailed to you on the next business day following receipt of contributions.

Sole Proprietors and Corporations: Form 5500 is due to be filed electronically with the DOL by October 15 if your firm requested a six-month extension of the due date of your firm’s income tax return.