Auto-generate future dates on same task

We have tasks/projects that we work on annually around the same time each year and would like these to populate dates for the following year after it's complete. We do not want to set up a recurrence, as we would like the information from previous years to carry over. We also do not want the task or project to appear on any to-do lists for the entire calendar year while it's inactive, but instead, appear on a to-do list on or near the start date. Is this possible? Any suggestions?