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.
1. The Department of Labor only requires the Plan Administrator line to be signed on the Health and Welfare Form 5500s. 2. The Plan Sponsor or employer should have the original with the wet signature for their files even though there is an electronic copy on the DOL's website per DOL Reg.
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).
Where to file File electronically through the IRS FIRE system – no electronic signature needed. Approved software vendors. May mail it to: Department of the Treasury. IRS. Ogden, UT 84201-0024.
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.
Beginning January 1, 2021, a one-participant plan or a foreign plan required to file an annual return can file Form 5500-EZ electronically using the Department of Labor's EFAST2 filing system, or file Form 5500-EZ on paper with the IRS.
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 ...
Government Plans: Plans established or maintained by federal, state, or local governments for their employees are generally exempt from ERISA. This includes plans for public school employees, state university staff, and municipal workers.
You do not have to file Form 5500-EZ for the 2023 plan year for a one-participant plan if the total of the plan's assets and the assets of all other one-participant plans maintained by the employer at the end of the 2023 plan year does not exceed $250,000, unless 2023 is the final plan year of the plan.
All private employers and employee organizations, such as unions, that offer health plans to employees have to follow ERISA. Only churches and government groups are exempt. If you offer your employees health coverage, you'll have to follow certain rules and procedures as a result of ERISA.