BENEFIT PLAN DEADLINE (12/31 year end): Prospective amendment to add or remove safe harbor status for 2024  Prospective amendment to add an automatic enrollment to plan (QACA & EACA) (For 2024)  Required minimum distribution date under IRC 401(a)(9)  Corrective distribution for failed ADP/ACP test with 10% excise tax or QNEC contribution  For additional information on these … Continued

INDIVIDUALS: Make a payment of your estimated tax for 2023 if you didn't pay your income tax for the year through withholding (or didn't pay in enough tax that way). Use Form 1040-ES. This is the final installment date for 2023 estimated tax payments. However, you don't have to make this payment if you file … Continued

BENEFIT PLAN DEADLINE (12/31 year end): Form 1099-R due to participants who received distribution in 2023.  Form W-2 due to report employee’s active participant status for 2023.  For additional information … Continued

ALL EMPLOYERS: All employers must have distributed 2023 W-2 forms to their employees and Form 1099s to their proper recipients. BUSINESSES: Give annual information statements to recipients of certain payments you made … Continued

INDIVIDUALS: If you claimed exemption from income tax withholding last year on the Form W-4, Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate, you gave your employer, you must file a new Form W-4 … Continued

Businesses: Give annual information statements to recipients of certain payments you made during 2023. You can use the appropriate version of Form 1099 or other information return. Form 1099 can … Continued

Businesses: File information returns (for example, certain Forms 1099) for certain payments you made during 2023. These payments are described under January 31, earlier. However, Form 1099-NEC reporting nonemployee compensation … Continued

S-CORPORATIONS: File a 2023 calendar year income tax return (Form 1120S) and pay any tax, interest, and penalties due. Provide each shareholder with a copy of their final or amended Schedule K-1 (Form 1120S) or substitute Schedule K-1 (Form 1120S).  S-CORPORATION ELECTIONS: File Form 2553 to elect to be treated as an S corporation beginning with calendar year … Continued

BENEFIT PLAN DEADLINE (12/31 year end): Corrective distribution for failed ADP/ACP without 10% excise tax is due (non EACAs only). Eligible Automatic Contribution Arrangements (EACAs) have until June 30, 2024 to make corrective contributions without a 10% excise tax. For additional information on these deadlines or our employee benefit plan audit services, please click here to contact us.

Form 1042 is due. An automatic 6-month extension using Form 7004 can be filed. This is NOT an extension to pay.  Form 3520-A is due for calendar year foreign trusts with a US owner. An automatic 6-month extension is available, using Form 7004.  Form 8804 must be filed to report withholding tax on income from … Continued