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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 2023, receive the annual notice by December 2. Please refer to the sample notice and information for more details.
Christmas (observed)
The Program will be closed in observance of the holiday.
Make legally permitted, optional amendments to existing plans for 2021
All plans: Make legally permitted, optional amendments to an existing plan for 2021 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
Distribute excess contributions to all affected participants
All plans: any 2021 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.)
Remind participants to withdraw their Required Minimum Distribution
All plans: Remind participants who are age 72 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
New Year’s Day (observed)
Happy New Year! The Program will be closed in observance of the holiday.