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Recent changes by the Department of Labor (DOL) to Form 5500 have redefined the criteria for determining a large plan. The new methodology involves counting the number of participants with account balances on the first day of the plan year.
IRS Form 5500 applies to most public and private sector businesses providing plans to 100 or more participants. It must be filed electronically using the DOL ERISA Filing Acceptance System (EFAST2).
Welfare plans with fewer than 100 participants that are unfunded or insured (do not hold assets in trust) are generally exempt from filing a Form 5500.
The Form 5500 Series is part of ERISA's overall reporting and disclosure framework, which is intended to assure that employee benefit plans are operated and managed in ance with certain prescribed standards and that participants and beneficiaries, as well as regulators, are provided or have access to sufficient ...
The Plan ID is a 3-digit number that designates one plan from another for the IRS and DOL. Which number goes to what plan is up to the employer in most cases. In the instructions for Form 5500, the IRS informs us that Plan ID numbers are to begin with 501 for a company's first health & welfare plan.
At the time of this update, applicable regulations permit the DOL to assess a penalty of up to $2,670 per day. See Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Annual Adjustments for 2024, 89 Fed. Reg. 1810 (January 15, 2024).
IRS Form 5500 applies to most public and private sector businesses providing plans to 100 or more participants. It must be filed electronically using the DOL ERISA Filing Acceptance System (EFAST2).
The employer maintaining the plan or the plan administrator of a Pension or Welfare benefit plan covered by ERISA. File Form 5500 to report information on the qualification of the plan, its financial condition, investments and the operations of the plan.
The Form 5500-EZ must be filed via mail. It should be filled out and mailed to: Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service Ogden, UT 84201-0020 Online Filing Now Available Through IRS EFAST2 System As of January 1, 2021 you can use the EFAST2 filing system to file IRS form 5500 series online.
California: Internal Revenue Service, PO Box 802501, Cincinnati, OH 45280-2501.