Program details
All eligible Connecticut businesses are required by law to facilitate MyCTSavings if they don’t offer a retirement plan for their employees.
The upcoming deadline of August 31, 2023 applies to:
employers who were part of the initial rollout and previously received a notification to take action
newly eligible employers who will be notified in advance of the deadline.
Newly eligible businesses
You may now be eligible for MyCTSavings because you’ve added employees and are now above the 5 employee threshold or because you started your business before October 1 of last year. Expect to begin receiving notifications to take action in July, 2023.
Businesses previously notified
Your initial registration deadline has passed. This August you will receive a final reminder to register or certify your exemption.
Don’t wait. Take action today!
Employer eligibility
You’re required to register if you:
Have 5 or more employees*
Do not offer qualified retirement plan
Registration information
To begin, you’ll need your:
Federal Employer Identification Number (EIN)
MyCTSavings Access Code from your notification
Already offer a retirement plan?
Employers who provide a qualified retirement plan to their employees should certify their exemption from the program using their provided Access Code.
Have questions? We’ve got answers in our FAQs.
A list of qualified retirement plans and other questions about eligibility can be found in our FAQs.
Your role in three simple steps
We know that running your business is your top priority. That’s why MyCTSavings is easy to set up and requires only light account maintenance. The process takes just three simple steps. We’ll take care of the rest, at no cost to you.
Register
Set up your ID and password, answer questions about your company and payroll process, complete payment setup, and then add your employees.
You can even invite a payroll representative to help you facilitate this process. Your payroll representative can be an admin, a teammate, or even your bookkeeper or payroll administrator.
Send contributions
Once you have added employees, we will communicate directly with them to explain their options during the 30 days they have to opt out or customize their account.
At the end of the 30-day period, we will notify you of their choices and send a reminder to begin payroll deductions, and submit contribution information and funding for the employees who choose to stay in the program.
Maintenance
To stay in compliance, continue to send payroll contributions and maintain employee records, including updating contribution rate changes when needed, adding new employees, and marking former employees as terminated.
Onboard your company for MyCTSavings
There are just a few steps you need to take to get started. Take a look at this video to get you acclimated:
Resources
Registration
Contributions
Maintenance
Things you won’t be responsible for
As an employer, you’ll have a limited role in facilitating MyCTSavings so you can stay focused on running your business. You will not be responsible for:
Enrolling employees into their MyCTSavings Roth IRA.
Answering questions about MyCTSavings and its investment portfolios, or helping employees choose investments.
Managing MyCTSavings investment options and processing employee investment change requests.
Processing distributions from employee investment accounts.
Managing employee investment account changes. Your employees will be responsible for maintaining their account information and settings if enrolled.
*A qualified employer is any employer, whether for profit or not for profit, that had five or more employees in Connecticut on October 1 of the prior year, at least five of whom were paid $5000 or more in taxable wages in the prior year. Qualified employers do not include those who were not in existence at all times during the current and preceding calendar years, and they do not include any employer employing only individuals whose services are excluded under the unemployment compensation law.