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Labor Day
The Program will be closed in observance of the holiday. Add this deadline to your Outlook calendar by clicking here.
Money Purchase Pension Plans: Send 2023 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 after … Continued
S-Corporations & Partnerships: Send 2023 Employer Contributions for your Firm’s Plan to the Program & File Form 5500 with the DOL
S-Corporations and Partnerships: – Send 2023 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
Send the 2023 Summary Annual Report (“SAR”) to Participants
Send the 2023 Summary Annual Report (SAR) to participants by September 30 (unless the due date for your Form 5500 is extended to a later date). Add this deadline to … Continued
401(k) Plans: Mid-Year Census & Nondiscriminations 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. Add this deadline to your Outlook calendar by clicking here.
401(k) Plan: Notify your Eligible Employees of the Safe Harbor Contributions for 2025
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 … 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 (“SDBA”) Participant Statements are Distributed
Self-directed brokerage account participant statements are distributed. Add this deadline to your Outlook calendar by clicking here.
3rd Quarter Account Statements
3rd Quarter account statements are available. Add this deadline to your Outlook calendar by clicking here.
File Form 5500 with the DOL
All Plans: Form 5500 is due to be filed electronically with the DOL by October 16, if your firm filed Form 5558 by July 31, 2023. Add this deadline … 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 16 if your firm requested a six-month extension of the due date of … Continued
Sole Proprietors & Corporations: Send 2023 Employer Contributions to the Program
Sole Proprietors and Corporations: Send 2023 employer contributions for your firm’s plan to the Program by October 16 if you filed for an extension of your income tax return due … Continued
Thanksgiving
The Program will be closed in observance of the holiday. Add this deadline to your Outlook calendar by clicking here.
Post Thanksgiving Day
The Program will be closed in the afternoon in observance of the holiday. Add this deadline to your Outlook calendar by clicking here.
401(k) Plan: Notify your Eligible Employees of the Safe Harbor Contributions for 2025
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 … Continued
Last Day to Make a Retroactive SH NEC for the 2024 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 2025, today (December … 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 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 … Continued
Christmas Eve
The Program will be closed in the afternoon in observance of the holiday. Add this deadline to your Outlook calendar by clicking here.
Christmas
The Program will be closed in observance of the holiday. Add this deadline to your Outlook calendar by clicking here.
Distribute Excess Contributions to all Affected Participants
All plans: any 2023 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 … Continued
Make Legally Permitted, Optional Amendments to Existing Plans for 2023
All plans: Make legally permitted, optional amendments to an existing plan for 2023 by today. These changes must be adopted by the last day of the plan year in which … 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 … Continued
New Years Day
Happy New Year! The Program will be closed in observance of the holiday.