December 2022

1st: Participant Notices – Annual notices due for Safe Harbor elections, Qualified Default Investment Arrangement (QDIA), and Automatic Contribution Arrangements (EACA or QACA).

30th: ADP/ACP Corrections – Deadline for a plan to make ADP/ACP corrective distributions and/or to deposit qualified nonelective contributions (QNEC) for the previous plan year.

Discretionary Amendments – Deadline to adopt discretionary amendments to the plan, subject to certain exceptions (e.g., anti-cutbacks).

Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) – For participants who attained age 72 in 2021 (and attained age 70 on or after July 1, 2019), the first RMD was due by April 1, 2022. The 2nd RMD, as well as subsequent distributions for participants already receiving RMDs, is due by December 30, 2022.

January 2023

31st: IRS Form 945 – Deadline to file IRS Form 945 to report income tax withheld from qualified plan distributions made during the prior plan year. The deadline may be extended to February 10th if taxes were deposited on time during the prior plan year.

IRS Form 1099-R – Deadline to distribute Form 1099-R to participants and beneficiaries who received a distribution or a deemed distribution during prior plan year.

IRS Form W-2 – Deadline to distribute Form W-2, which must reflect aggregate value of employer-provided employee benefits.