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- How to Manually Enter Payer Data
- How to Batch Import Payer Taxpayer Identification Numbers (TINs)
- How to manually enter payee/participant data
- How to batch import payee/participant data
- Edit Checking
- Form 945
- Preparing a 945 batch - ftwPro 945Wiz
- Accessing and Preparing 1099 Module Forms for Printing
- Printing Form 1096
- Printing Copies of Form 1099
- ftwilliam.com's fulfillment service
- ftwilliam.com's state fulfillment service
- 1099 State Help: SmartCharts and technical documents
- Checking on your fulfillment - Completion Dates
- Preparing a .txt file for the FIRE website
- Corrections for batch submitted forms
- Correction for Payer TIN
- Copying Data From a Prior Year
- Rolling over data from a prior year
- A list of Foreign County Codes
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- Add Forms and Schedules
- Adding Summary Annual Report or Annual Funding Notice
- Enter Information on a Form 5500 schedule
- Saving Changes
- Consulting Official DOL Instructions
- Edit Checks
- Print All FINAL Schedules (Print Options)
- Upload and Download Center
- Deleting a Form 5500 Schedule
- Deleting an Attachment
- Inviting Portal Users to the Portal to Edit, Review and/or Upload Attachments
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- Global Email Settings
- Email/Server Settings
- Portal Email Default Templates
- Portal Branding
- Portal Correspondence
- Go to 5500 Forms.
- Work with Signers/Portal Users
- 5500 > [Year] Screen
- Batch/Workflow
- Bring forward (prior year) data to (current year) for all plans
- Bring forward (prior year) signers to (current year) for all plans
- 5500 Workflow Grid; Batch Invite 5500/SF; Admin Summary Status
- Batch SAR and Batch Annual Funding Notice
- How To Complete Batch Local Sign
- Batch 5558
- Batch Lock 5500
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- Completing an 8955-SSA
- How to Create and Submit an 8955-SSA Batch
- Uploading Data to 8955-SSA - Batch (for multiple plans)
- 8955-SSA Batch Features
- How to Set Up and Allow for E-Filing of Form 8955-SSA by a Portal User
- How to Amend the Form 8955-SSA
- Printing
- Fulfillment
- Portal E-File
- Download FIRE Files
- How to Set Up the Client Letter for Form 8955-SSA
- How to Use the Most Current Form 8955-SSA for Prior Years
- How to Mask SSNs on the Form 8955-SSA and Participant Statements
- Participant Statements
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- FTW Step 2: Establish the Conversion Year & Date
- FTW Step 3: Populate Plan Specifications in the Conversion Year
- FTW Step 4: Verify the Primary Grid in the Conversion Year
- FTW Step 5: Conversion Data for the Conversion Year
- FTW Step 6: Additional Conversion Data & Compensation History
- FTW Step 7: Run Scrub for Conversion Year
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- 10.1. Use of the system for the first testing year
- 10.2. Use of ftwilliam.com Compliance system after the first year the plan is on the system
- 10.3. Eligibility History
- 10.4. Recalculate Initial Eligibility
- 10.5. Plan Aggregation
- 10.6. Aggregation of non-ftw plan with ftw plans
- 10.7. Disaggregation
- 10.8. HCE Determinations
- 10.9. Top Heavy
- 10.10. Compensation - Including Calculations for Self Employed Individuals
- 10.11. Overrides
- 10.12. Excluding a Class of Employees
- 10.13. Vesting
- 10.14. Age Weighted Allocations
- 10.15. JH Rate of Return
- 10.16. Davis Bacon
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- Setting up Global Email Settings
- Setting Up Global Email Settings for Divisions
- How to Test the Global Email Settings for 'Specify a Server'
- How to Test the Global Email Settings for 'Preparer's Email Program'
- What SMTP Server Error Messages Mean
- How to Edit or Clone Default Email Templates and Reminders
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- How to Send Documents to the Portal That Were Prepared in ftwilliam.com
- How to Publish a Document to the Portal for E-Signature That Does Not Originate in the FTW Software
- Description of the Client's E-signing Experience
- Sending and Receiving Direct Messages
- Saving Copies of Sent or Received Messages and Communications
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- How Do I Access the Portal?
- How Do I Log into the Portal?
- How Do I Reset My Password?
- How Do I Change My Password?
- How Do I Change My Challenge Questions?
- How Do I Change My Name, Email or Demographics?
- How Do I Find Help on the Portal?
- How Do I View the 5500 / SAR / AFN for My Plan?
- How Do I Sign the 5500?
- How Do I Sign the 5500 Using a Prior Year User ID and PIN?
- How Do I Check the Status of the 5500?
- How Do I Complete the 5500?
- How Do I Add Attachments to the 5500?
- How Do I View a Message I Received?
- How Do I Send a Message?
- How Do I View a Document?
- How Do I Sign a Document?
- How Do I See Who Signed a Document?
- How Do I Download the Annual Questionnaire?
- How Do I Upload the Annual Questionnaire?
- How Do I Download the Census Worksheet?
- How Do I Upload the Census Worksheet?
- How Do I Complete the Online Annual Questionnaire?
- How Do I Download the Online Annual Questionnaire?
- How Do I Mark a Task as Complete?
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5.2. Edit Data Entry Grids
To edit a grid, click on the “Change” link next to current Census Grid or from the Compliance Menu, hover over Census and select the Create/Edit Grids option. This will open the Compliance Grids pop-up box. From here, select the grid you wish to e... -
5.1. Select Census Grid
If you are setting up a new plan the first step on this page is to select the census grid for the participant data that you will be uploading. Click on the “Change” link to select, edit or change the Current Census Grid. From the drop-down box highl... -
4.6. Distribution
There are three questions related to determining retirement age. Please note that these questions will be determined by the plan document. If “Age only” applies, the system will only look at a participant’s age to determine if normal retirement a... -
4.5. Vesting
The vesting section is where certain vesting related settings can be found, such as vesting service computation method, computation period and vesting exclusions. Additionally, this is where the global option to override prior years of cumulative ye... -
4.4. Contribution
The Contribution section of Plan Specifications is where contribution limits will be entered, safe harbor specifications will be selected and allocation requirements for sources and 410(b) corrections will be selected. This is also where the Nonelec... -
4.3. Eligibility
The Eligibility section of Plan Specifications is where the user will set exclusions (such as union or leased employees), indicate whether the eligibility computation period will switch to the plan year, review the age and service eligibility rules ... -
4.2. General Features
This section contains the basic information about the plan such as the plan type, plan year begin date, plan year end and original effective date. It also contains the permitted contribution sources and compensation options. For the first plan year ... -
4.1. Sources & Investment Accounts
This section contains the vendor selection, which is used if transactions from a specific vendor are being uploaded into the system. It is also where the “Work with Sources/Inv Accounts” link is found. Financial data import vendor Press the dro... -
3.3. Tabs
Tabs are located on both the left and right side of every page. Clicking these tabs will take the user to one of the main screens in the software, such as the Census, Tasks or Transactions, as applicable. The options change depending on which page t... -
3.2. Breadcrumbs
Breadcrumbs are located at the top left of every page in ftwilliam.com. Clicking on any part of the breadcrumb will take the user back to that part of the software. ...
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