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File Form 5500 with the DOL
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, 2020. To add this … Continued
Sole Proprietors & Corporations: Send 2019 Employer Contributions to the Program
Sole Proprietors and Corporations: Send 2019 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 … Continued
Sole Proprietors & Corporations: File Form 5500 with the DOL
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 … Continued
S-Corporations & Partnerships: Send the 2019 Summary Annual Report
S-Corporations and Partnerships: Send the 2019 Summary Annual Report (SAR) to defined contribution plan participants by November 15 if your firm filed for an extension of the due date for … Continued
Thanksgiving
The Program will be closed in observance of the holiday.
Post Thanksgiving Day
The Program will be closed for the afternoon in observance of the holiday.
401(k) Plan: Notify your eligible employees of the safe harbor contributions for 2021
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 2021, you have … Continued
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 … Continued
Send the 2019 Summary Annual Report
All Plans: If you received an extension of the Form 5500 due date by filing Form 5558, send the 2019 Summary Annual Report (SAR) to defined contribution plan participants by … Continued
Send the 2020 Summary Annual Report
All Plans: If you received an extension of the Form 5500 due date by filing Form 5558, send the 2020 Summary Annual Report (SAR) to defined contribution plan participants by … Continued
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.
Make legally permitted, optional amendments to existing plans for 2020
All plans: Make legally permitted, optional amendments to an existing plan for 2020 by today. These changes must be adopted by the last day of the plan year in which … Continued
Distribute excess contributions to all affected participants
All plans: any 2019 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 … Continued
Remind participants to withdraw their Required Minimum Distribution
All plans: Remind participants who are age 71 or older that they may need to withdraw their required minimum distribution (RMD) by December 31 if they are subject to the … Continued
New Year’s Day
Happy New Year! The Program will be closed in observance of the holiday.
Program’s annual census offer to provide nondiscrimination testing and/or calculation contributions
For plans with a plan year end of 12/31, a communication will be distributed asking if assistance is needed for contribution calculation and/or nondiscrimination test for the 2020 plan year.
Self-Directed Brokerage Account Participant Statements are distributed
The Self-Directed Brokerage Account Participant Statements are distributed.
Annual Account Statements
Annual Account Statements are available.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
The Program will be closed in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
IRS Form 1099-R Mailed
The IRS Form 1099-R is mailed to all participants who received distributions in 2020.
401(k) Plans & Corporations: Return the Employee Contribution Census to the Program
If you sponsor a 401(k) plan and/or your firm is a corporation: Return the Employee Contribution Census to the Program. Check, correct and complete the Employee and Contribution Census after … Continued