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IRS Form 5330. IRS Form 5330 is used to report and pay taxes for a number of purposes. In connection with 401( k) plans, it is used most often to report the excise tax penalty incurred for failing to timely deposit employee 401( k) deferral contributions.

IRS Form 5330 is used to report and pay taxes for a number of purposes. In connection with 401( k) plans, it is used most often to report the excise tax penalty incurred for failing to timely deposit employee 401( k) deferral contributions.

Excise taxes are taxes required on specific goods or services like fuel, tobacco, and alcohol. Excise taxes are primarily taxes that must be paid by businesses, usually increasing prices for consumers indirectly. Excise taxes can be ad valorem (paid by percentage) or specific (cost charged by unit).

Form 5330 is used to report and pay a variety of excise taxes related to employee benefit plans. One of the most common of these is the excise tax on late deposits made while correcting through the Department of Labor's Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program (VFCP).

Excise taxes are most often levied upon cigarettes, alcohol, gasoline and gambling. These are often considered superfluous or unnecessary goods and services. To raise taxes on them is to raise their price and to reduce the amount they are used. In this context, excise taxes are sometimes known as "sin taxes."