Upcoming Compliance Deadlines for Calendar-Year Plans (12/31)

November 15, 2019
September 2019
15thMoney Purchase Pension, Target Benefit Pension, and Defined Benefit Plans — Required contribution to Money Purchase Pension, Target Benefit Pension, and Defined Benefit Plans (8-1/2 months after plan year-end) and 2018 employer profit sharing and match contributions for those sponsors who filed a corporate tax extension.
30thSummer Annual Report — Summary Annual Report due to participants for plans with 12/31 plan year-end. (Due to participants nine months after plan year end or two months after filing Form 5500.)
October 2019
1st401(k) — 401(k) Plan Safe Harbor Notice (must be provided between October 1 and December 1 for plans with a 12/31 plan year-end).
15thForm 5500 and Form 8955-SSA — The deadline for filing Form 5500 and Form 8955-SSA for calendar year-end plans on extension.

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