Does anyone know if any of the ARA bodies have advocated to the IRS or if the IRS is considering filing deadline extensions due to the pandemic?
DB plans in particular have a 4/30 PPA restatement adoption due date and, if required, determination letter application filing due date.
Just curious, as an unexpected prolonged sickness hitting service providers or their client plan sponsors could derail the timing necessary to complete the process.
I had one client do it last year. Several long tenured staff members retired, and the shareholders decided that a special valuation was warranted to credit them with significant earnings.
Another client just adopted a policy that for 2020, a special valuation will be done as of the last day of the month when a distribution is requested, and that is what the distribution will be based on, whether up or down from the last valuation.