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Send Participants a Revised Summary Plan Description (“SPD”) or Summary of Material Modifications (“SMM”)
All Plans: If there was a change to your firm’s plan during 2021, send participants a revised Summary Plan Description (SPD) or Summary of Material Modifications (SMM) by July 28. … Continued
File Form 5500, Form 5500EZ or Form 5558
All Plans: File Form 5500 electronically with the DOL by July 31 unless your firm extended its income tax return due date. Otherwise, to extend your Form 5500 filing, you … Continued
Labor Day
The Program will be closed in observance of the holiday.
Money Purchase Pension Plans: Send 2021 Contributions for Your Firm’s Plan to the Program
Money Purchase Pension Plans: Send 2021 contributions if you have not already done so. In order to meet the minimum funding standards, contributions must be made by 8 ½ months … Continued
S-Corporations & Partnerships: Send 2021 employer contributions for your firm’s plan to the Program & file Form 5500 with the DOL
S-Corporations and Partnerships: – Send 2021 employer contributions for your firm’s plan to the Program by September 15 if you received an extension of your firm’s income tax return due … Continued
401(k) Plans: Mid-Year Census & Nondiscrimination Testing Information Due
401(k) Plans: Return completed mid-year census and nondiscrimination testing information for 401(k) plans to the Program by September 30.
Send the 2021 Summary Annual Report (SAR) to participants
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) Plan: Notify your eligible employees of the safe harbor contributions for 2023
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 … 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
Self-Directed Brokerage Account Participant Statements are distributed
Self-directed brokerage account participant statements are distributed.
3rd Quarter Account Statements
3rd Quarter account statements are available.
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, 2022.
Sole Proprietors & Corporations: Send 2021 Employer Contributions to the Program
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 … 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 2021 Summary Annual Report
S-Corporations and Partnerships: Send the 2021 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 in the afternoon in observance of the holiday.
401(k) Plan: Notify your eligible employees of the safe harbor contributions for 2023
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 … 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
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 … 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 … Continued