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Form 5500 Filing Requirements

Bricker Graydon LLP

Do you Have the Proper Document in Place to File a Single 5500 for your Welfare Plans?

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Unless an exception applies, all ERISA-covered benefit plans have to file an annual Form 5500 each year with the DOL and IRS (filed through the DOL’s website). Plan sponsors have the ability to combine their welfare plan...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

The Solo 401(k) and Form 5500 trap

I think the Solo 401(k) plan is one of the great treats for sole proprietors. I have been using it for years. The problem is that there is so little help, that sponsors of these plans fall into a trap when they forget that...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

The Form 5500: What All Employers and Plan Administrators Need to Know and How to Avoid Costly Fines

In today’s episode of “Just Compensation,” hosts Megan Monson, Taryn E. Cannataro, and Batool T. Banker of Lowenstein’s Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation practice examine the Form 5500, which must be filed by all...more

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When Should Health Plan Sponsors Prepare For The Revised 5500? Right Now!

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In July 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL), the Internal Revenue Service, and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation released proposed revisions to the Form 5500 Annual Return required for certain ERISA-covered...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Get that late 5500 Filed

I used to have this recurring dream that I was back in college and it was my last semester. The dream was that there was this one class that I didn’t attend all semester and the finals were around the corner. Someone pointe...more

Snell & Wilmer

2017 End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” List Qualified Retirement Plans (Part 4)

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As 2017 comes to an end, we are pleased to present you with our traditional End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” Lists. This year, we are publishing our “To Do” Lists in four separate Employee Benefits Updates. Part 1 covered...more

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Calendar Year Plans Need to File Form 5500 by Monday, July 31, 2017

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Executive Summary: The Form 5500 is an annual report that must be filed for every employee benefit plan that covers 100 or more participants. For calendar year plans, these forms must be filed by July 31, 2017....more

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IRS Clarifies Instructions for Form 5500 Reporting of RMD Failures

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Certain employee benefit plans, including qualified retirement plans, must file an annual return/report on Form 5500 with the Department of Labor, which is shared with the IRS. Each year discreet changes are typically made...more

Stinson - Benefits Notes Blog

Proposed Form 5500 Changes & the new Schedule J: Big Changes for Small Group Health Plans

The US Department of Labor (DOL) has proposed changes to the Form 5500 and schedules that will affect ERISA Title I group health plans of all sizes, but small group health plans should be especially aware of the changes....more

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Extending Form 5500 Deadlines

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On July 31, 2015, President Obama signed the "Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act of 2015" (P.L. 114-41) (the "Act"). The Act primarily served to extend the Highway Trust Fund and various...more

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IRS Makes Permanent Late Filing Relief for “One-Participant” and Certain Foreign Retirement Plans

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The IRS issued guidance making permanent a program providing relief to certain retirement plans from penalties associated with late filings of Form 5500s. The IRS had previously made the program available on a temporary basis...more

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