If you’re an employer who has adopted an IRS pre-approved defined contribution plan such as 401(k) or profit-sharing, you’ll need to have the Compliant box checked no later than July 31, 2022.
Plan document compliance to be specific. It’s the IRS requirement that a retirement plan document must be up to date to qualify for favorable tax treatment.
IRS pre-approved plans must be rewritten, reviewed, and approved every six years. Once approved, employers who use them must adopt the new plan documents by a certain date.
This is called the Restatement process, and as noted in the headline, this Restatement is called Cycle 3 with a July 31, 2022 deadline. The Questions and Answers that follow provide a plain language explanation of what you should know about Cycle 3.