Filing Form 5500-EZ electronically using the EFAST2 filing system: • File online using EFAST2's web-based filing system or • File through an EFAST2-approved vendor. Detailed information on electronic filing is available on the EFAST2 website at .efast.dol.
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).
If you would like the raw data from all filings, including schedules, you can download Form 5500 datasets from EBSA's electronic FOIA webpage. If you are unable to find a filing that you believe has been submitted, please contact the EFAST2 Help Line at 1-866-463-3278.
About the Form 5500 Any administrator or sponsor of an employee benefit plan subject to ERISA must file information about each benefit plan every year (pursuant to Code section 6058 and ERISA sections 104 and 4065).
Filing Form 5500 is the responsibility of the plan administrator. This role is typically filled by someone in the company's finance, HR or operations department.
The U.S. Department of Labor, Internal Revenue Service, and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation jointly developed the Form 5500 Series so employee benefit plans could utilize the Form 5500 Series forms to satisfy annual reporting requirements under Title I and Title IV of ERISA and under the Internal Revenue Code.
Sign a Form Filing Signer Filing signers are: Plan administrators, employers/plan sponsors, or Direct Filing Entities who electronically sign the Form 5500/5500-SF/5500-EZ. Plan service providers that have written authorization to file on behalf of the plan administrator under the EFAST2 e-signature option.
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 ...