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 ...
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.
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).
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).
You must electronically file the Form 5500, the Form 5500-SF, and the Form PR (Pooled Plan Provider Registration). For the Form 5500-EZ: If you are a one-participant plan or a foreign plan, beginning January 1, 2021, you must file the Form 5500-EZ electronically through EFAST2.
The IRS penalty for late filing of a 5500-series return is $25 per day, up to a maximum of $15,000.
Large 401(k) plans (those with more than 100 participants) and some small 401(k) plans that don't meet DOL waiver requirements must file an independent audit report with their Form 5500.
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 ...