UPDATED: Announcement 2026-15, defined contribution qualified pre-approved plans

IRS GuideWire

August 5, 2026

Issue Number: UPDATED: Announcement 2026-15

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Announcement 2026-15 notifies the public that the IRS intends to issue opinion letters on August 31, 2026, or as soon as possible thereafter, for defined contribution qualified pre-approved plans that were updated for changes in plan qualification requirements listed in the 2023 Cumulative List and that were filed with the IRS during the fourth remedial amendment cycle (Cycle 4) under the remedial amendment cycle system for pre-approved plans. This announcement also provides a deadline for when an employer intending to maintain a Cycle 4 defined contribution qualified pre-approved plan must adopt that plan, and sets forth the period during which the IRS will accept an application for an individual determination letter from an adopting employer of a Cycle 4 defined contribution qualified pre-approved plan that is eligible to submit a determination letter request.

Announcement 2026-15 will be in IRB: 2026-35, dated: August 24, 2026.

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