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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.
Beginning January 1, 2021, a "one-participant" plan and a foreign plan can file Form 5500-EZ electronically using the EFAST2 filing system or file Form 5500-EZ on paper with the IRS. You can no longer use Form 5500-SF in place of Form 5500-EZ.
SEPs and SIMPLEs are IRA- based plans that don't have a Form 5500-series filing requirement. Instead, the financial institution or trustee files Form 5498, IRA Contribution Information PDF.
Form 5500-SF: Small plans (those with fewer than 100 participants as of the beginning of the plan year) Form 5500: Large plans (those with 100 or more participants as of the beginning of the plan year) Form 5500-EZ: "One-participant" plan (owners/partners and their spouses)
Employers who sponsor one-participant plans or foreign plans must file Form 5500-EZ electronically using the Department of Labor's EFAST2 filing system.
A plan sponsor/employer or the plan administrator must electronically sign Forms 5500 and 5500-SF before submitting the returns.
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.
There are 3 types of Form 5500: Form 5500-EZ—for one-participant plans only; Form 5500-SF for plans with fewer than 100 participants; and Form 5500—for plans with 100 or more participants. Forms 5500 and 5500-SF must be filed electronically using the DOL ERISA Filing Acceptance System (EFAST2)Opens in a new window.
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).