ERISA requires plans to provide participants with plan information including important information about plan features and funding; sets minimum standards for participation, vesting, benefit accrual and funding; provides fiduciary responsibilities for those who manage and control plan assets; requires plans to ...
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).
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 ...
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.
ERISA applies to private-sector companies that offer pension plans to employees. This includes businesses that: Are structured as partnerships, proprietorships, LLCs, S-corporations, and C-corporations.
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.
Administrators of ERISA-covered welfare benefit plans are required to file an annual Form 5500, unless a reporting exemption applies.
IRA contributions will be reported on Form 5498: IRA contribution information is reported for each person for whom any IRA was maintained, including SEP or SIMPLE IRAs. An IRA includes all investments under one IRA plan. The institution maintaining the IRA files this form.
Filing requirements: Generally, the employer has no filing requirements, including the Form 5500 return. Do not include SEP contributions on employees' Form W-2 PDF, but check the "Retirement Plan" box in box 13.
As explained in the Instructions to the Form 5500, an employer's welfare benefit plans should be numbered consecutively starting with 501. Once a plan number is assigned, it should always be used in connection with that plan and should not be used for any other plan.