IRS Issues Voluntary Correction Program Submission Kit for Plan Sponsors Who Missed the Deadline to Adopt a Pre-Approved Defined Benefit Plan

Employers that maintained pre-approved defined benefit retirement plans generally were required to adopt a new plan document, on or before April 30, 2012, that incorporated changes required by EGTRRA. Employers that failed to meet this deadline may correct this failure by adopting a restated EGTRRA plan document and filing a submission for a Voluntary Correction Program (?Ç£VCP?Ç¥) compliance statement with the IRS in accordance with the submission kit, which guides plan sponsors through the steps in filing a submission for a VCP compliance statement for this adoption failure. If there are other plan failures, a submission using the kit?ÇÖs requirements will not correct the other failures. A copy of the kit can be found?áhere.