This document provides an overview of reporting and disclosure requirements for employee benefit plans under ERISA. It contains three chapters that outline basic disclosure requirements for pension and welfare benefit plans, additional requirements for welfare health plans and pension plans, and Form 5500 annual reporting requirements. The document is intended to help plan administrators understand their obligations to provide information to participants, beneficiaries, government agencies and others, such as summary plan descriptions, notices, and filings. It provides a high-level summary of the key documents required and timelines for distribution.
The document provides guidance on FHA mortgage eligibility for borrowers who had previously undergone a short sale or short payoff on their home. It states that borrowers are eligible if they were current on their mortgage at the time of the short sale, but ineligible for 3 years if they were in default. Exceptions can be made if the default was due to circumstances beyond the borrower's control. It also allows for refinancing with a short payoff if the borrower is current and there is insufficient equity or reduced income to pay off the existing debt.
IFAD Loan and Grants Operational ManualIFAD Vietnam
The IFAD Loan and Grant Administration Operational Manual outlines the policies and pro-
cedures applied by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD or the Fund)
with regard to loans and grants and to the cofinancing grants with which the Fund is
entrusted. These are subject to the Fund’s General Conditions for Agricultural Development
Financing (the ‘General Conditions’). The manual does not apply to non-project-related
grants (technical assistance or research grants provided to non-governmental organizations
or the Global Mechanism, among others). It is intended for use by the staff and consultants
employed by IFAD to assist with project appraisal and by staff of the cooperating institutions
(CIs) appointed by IFAD to handle loan or grant administration on the Fund’s behalf.
Unless otherwise indicated, the policies and procedures set forth in the manual apply
equally to loans and grants made by IFAD and to the cofinancing grants the Fund administers.
For the sake of readability, the term ‘Borrower’ has been used to refer to both the beneficiaries
of loans and the recipients of grants, and the term ‘loan’ has been used to refer to
both loans and grants. Instructions to Borrowers on the procedures for the withdrawal of
loan funds are provided by the CIs based on the procedures for their own lending programmes
or, in the case of institutions that have no lending programmes of their own,
adapted from those of other CIs.
The manual is issued in the form of a loose-leaf binder so that individual sections may
be readily updated as amendments are introduced. The table of contents shows the date of
issuance of the latest version of each section, and individual sections include cross references
to other, related sections. The manual replaces all earlier directives on the topics covered and
incorporates a number of amendments to previous instructions. The assistant controller,
loans and grants, is responsible for keeping this manual updated and for advising the CIs of
changes in IFAD’s policies and procedures related to the Fund’s loans and grants.
Abbreviations and acronyms have been used throughout the manual. A list is given on
the following page.
During the preparation of the manual, the views were sought of the staff of IFAD and the
Fund’s CIs, and the comments received have been incorporated to the extent possible. Any
further comments would be welcome, as this would help us update and improve the clarity
of the directives. In such cases, please send these comments to the address shown below.1
This manual remains the property of IFAD, and all copies are to be returned to the Office
of the Controller when staff members reach the end of their employment with IFAD or at the
termination of a CI’s appointment.
The document provides release notes for Desktop Underwriter (DU) Version 9.1, which will be implemented in November 2013. Key changes include retiring the interest-only and 40-year loan options, updating qualifying rate requirements, enhancing DU Refi Plus, and lowering the maximum LTV to 95%. It also provides updates to how DU will identify and handle loans for borrowers with prior foreclosures, deeds-in-lieu, or preforeclosure sales.
The document provides information on two schemes administered by the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises:
1) Prime Minister's Rozgar Yojana (PMRY), a credit-linked subsidy scheme that provides financial assistance to less educated and poor unemployed youth.
2) Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries (SFURTI), which aims to develop clusters of traditional industries like khadi, village, and coir to increase their productivity and competitiveness.
Key details provided on both schemes include objectives, eligibility criteria, implementation mechanisms, budget allocations, targets, progress to date, and recent initiatives to strengthen the schemes.
This document is an amendment to extend certain tax relief provisions that were enacted in 2001 and 2003. It proposes making these tax relief provisions permanent and modifies some of the income tax rates and phaseouts. Specifically, it would make permanent the 25%, 28%, and 33% individual income tax brackets. It would also introduce a new 35% tax bracket for taxable income above $450,000 for married filing jointly and above $400,000 for single filers. The amendment also proposes to permanently extend and modify other individual and business tax provisions.
The Congressional Budget Office projects that if current laws do not change, mandatory federal spending on major health care programs will rise substantially as a percentage of GDP over the next 25 years, reaching about 10% of GDP by 2035. Spending on Social Security is also projected to increase but less sharply, reaching around 6% of GDP by 2030. Together, spending on health programs and Social Security could grow to 16% of GDP by 2035 without policy changes. To put the budget on a sustainable path, lawmakers would need to significantly reduce the growth of these programs or raise revenues substantially to match the increased spending.
The document provides an agenda and overview for a Desktop Underwriter training session. It discusses understanding DU recommendations, recent announcements from Fannie Mae, analyzing DU reports, data integrity reminders, and additional training resources. It also outlines general lender requirements when underwriting loans with DU, including employing prudent judgment, ensuring accurate data, complying with verification messages, and reviewing documentation.
The document provides guidance on FHA mortgage eligibility for borrowers who had previously undergone a short sale or short payoff on their home. It states that borrowers are eligible if they were current on their mortgage at the time of the short sale, but ineligible for 3 years if they were in default. Exceptions can be made if the default was due to circumstances beyond the borrower's control. It also allows for refinancing with a short payoff if the borrower is current and there is insufficient equity or reduced income to pay off the existing debt.
IFAD Loan and Grants Operational ManualIFAD Vietnam
The IFAD Loan and Grant Administration Operational Manual outlines the policies and pro-
cedures applied by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD or the Fund)
with regard to loans and grants and to the cofinancing grants with which the Fund is
entrusted. These are subject to the Fund’s General Conditions for Agricultural Development
Financing (the ‘General Conditions’). The manual does not apply to non-project-related
grants (technical assistance or research grants provided to non-governmental organizations
or the Global Mechanism, among others). It is intended for use by the staff and consultants
employed by IFAD to assist with project appraisal and by staff of the cooperating institutions
(CIs) appointed by IFAD to handle loan or grant administration on the Fund’s behalf.
Unless otherwise indicated, the policies and procedures set forth in the manual apply
equally to loans and grants made by IFAD and to the cofinancing grants the Fund administers.
For the sake of readability, the term ‘Borrower’ has been used to refer to both the beneficiaries
of loans and the recipients of grants, and the term ‘loan’ has been used to refer to
both loans and grants. Instructions to Borrowers on the procedures for the withdrawal of
loan funds are provided by the CIs based on the procedures for their own lending programmes
or, in the case of institutions that have no lending programmes of their own,
adapted from those of other CIs.
The manual is issued in the form of a loose-leaf binder so that individual sections may
be readily updated as amendments are introduced. The table of contents shows the date of
issuance of the latest version of each section, and individual sections include cross references
to other, related sections. The manual replaces all earlier directives on the topics covered and
incorporates a number of amendments to previous instructions. The assistant controller,
loans and grants, is responsible for keeping this manual updated and for advising the CIs of
changes in IFAD’s policies and procedures related to the Fund’s loans and grants.
Abbreviations and acronyms have been used throughout the manual. A list is given on
the following page.
During the preparation of the manual, the views were sought of the staff of IFAD and the
Fund’s CIs, and the comments received have been incorporated to the extent possible. Any
further comments would be welcome, as this would help us update and improve the clarity
of the directives. In such cases, please send these comments to the address shown below.1
This manual remains the property of IFAD, and all copies are to be returned to the Office
of the Controller when staff members reach the end of their employment with IFAD or at the
termination of a CI’s appointment.
The document provides release notes for Desktop Underwriter (DU) Version 9.1, which will be implemented in November 2013. Key changes include retiring the interest-only and 40-year loan options, updating qualifying rate requirements, enhancing DU Refi Plus, and lowering the maximum LTV to 95%. It also provides updates to how DU will identify and handle loans for borrowers with prior foreclosures, deeds-in-lieu, or preforeclosure sales.
The document provides information on two schemes administered by the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises:
1) Prime Minister's Rozgar Yojana (PMRY), a credit-linked subsidy scheme that provides financial assistance to less educated and poor unemployed youth.
2) Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries (SFURTI), which aims to develop clusters of traditional industries like khadi, village, and coir to increase their productivity and competitiveness.
Key details provided on both schemes include objectives, eligibility criteria, implementation mechanisms, budget allocations, targets, progress to date, and recent initiatives to strengthen the schemes.
This document is an amendment to extend certain tax relief provisions that were enacted in 2001 and 2003. It proposes making these tax relief provisions permanent and modifies some of the income tax rates and phaseouts. Specifically, it would make permanent the 25%, 28%, and 33% individual income tax brackets. It would also introduce a new 35% tax bracket for taxable income above $450,000 for married filing jointly and above $400,000 for single filers. The amendment also proposes to permanently extend and modify other individual and business tax provisions.
The Congressional Budget Office projects that if current laws do not change, mandatory federal spending on major health care programs will rise substantially as a percentage of GDP over the next 25 years, reaching about 10% of GDP by 2035. Spending on Social Security is also projected to increase but less sharply, reaching around 6% of GDP by 2030. Together, spending on health programs and Social Security could grow to 16% of GDP by 2035 without policy changes. To put the budget on a sustainable path, lawmakers would need to significantly reduce the growth of these programs or raise revenues substantially to match the increased spending.
The document provides an agenda and overview for a Desktop Underwriter training session. It discusses understanding DU recommendations, recent announcements from Fannie Mae, analyzing DU reports, data integrity reminders, and additional training resources. It also outlines general lender requirements when underwriting loans with DU, including employing prudent judgment, ensuring accurate data, complying with verification messages, and reviewing documentation.
This document provides an overview and discussion of Subchapter V of Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code from the perspective of key participants in Subchapter V cases. It begins with background on Subchapter V and how it provides a streamlined process for small business reorganizations. It then discusses expectations and roles of the main participants in Subchapter V cases - the bankruptcy judge, United States Trustee, Subchapter V Trustee, debtor, creditors, and their attorneys. Open issues with Subchapter V are also identified, such as how to determine the length of payment plans and how to define disposable income for business debtors.
This document provides an overview of Section 1115 Medicaid waivers. It explains that Section 1115 waivers allow the Secretary of HHS to approve experimental projects in state Medicaid programs and waive certain federal requirements. Recently, many states have used waivers to shape their Medicaid programs in new ways. The document outlines the legal standards and process for obtaining waivers, including the requirement that projects be likely to promote Medicaid's objectives. It also discusses how different administrations have interpreted this standard and recent key waiver guidance and court decisions related to Section 1115 waivers.
W 2 Reporting Cost Of Employer Sponsored Health Coveragehaha7117
The document discusses the IRS requirements for employers to report the aggregate cost of applicable employer-sponsored health coverage on employees' Form W-2s beginning in 2012. Key points include: (1) employers must determine applicable coverage provided, calculate costs for each employee, and report costs on Form W-2s; (2) certain types of coverage and small employers are exempt from reporting; and (3) employers must comply with detailed rules around calculating and reporting costs.
The document summarizes the Department of the Navy's fiscal year 2013 budget. It discusses reductions in funding levels due to the Budget Control Act of 2011 and impending sequestration cuts. Key areas that will see reductions include military and civilian personnel, operations and maintenance, procurement, and infrastructure funding. Readiness levels for ship operations, flying hours, and ground equipment maintenance are maintained but reduced compared to previous years due to constrained budgets.
This document provides instructions and forms for claiming an agricultural loan interest reduction credit in Kansas. Part A requests information about an eligible agricultural borrower's original loan and any extension, renewal, or reduced interest rate loan. Part B calculates the allowed interest rate reduction based on the original and new loan rates. Part C computes the interest reduction credit for the loan by multiplying the remaining principal balance by the maximum credit allowable. The instructions provide details for completing Schedules K-51 and K-52 to claim the credit.
The securitization and reconstruction of financial assets and enforcement of ...exemplar2401
The document discusses the Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Securities Act (SARFAESI Act) and guidelines around classifying loans as non-performing assets (NPAs). It states that banks can only classify an account as an NPA if it meets the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) criteria, such as being overdue on payments for over 90 days. The RBI further classifies NPAs and provides rules around asset classification, income recognition, and provisioning. Banks must adhere to the RBI's guidelines before declaring any account as an NPA, as failure to do so could invalidate proceedings under the SARFAESI Act.
This document is a compact agreement between the United States, through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), and Nepal, through its Ministry of Finance, to provide $459.5 million in funding for projects to promote economic growth and reduce poverty in Nepal. The funding will support two projects: 1) increasing electricity consumption by facilitating power trade and improving electricity supply reliability; and 2) maintaining road quality across Nepal's strategic road network. The compact establishes guidelines for funding, implementation, oversight, audits, and tax exemptions. It designates an accountable entity, MCA-Nepal, to oversee and manage program implementation on behalf of the Nepalese government.
2009 No 13 Federal Reserve Assets Understanding The Pieces Of The Piesmullin2
The Federal Reserve has intervened in financial markets since 2007 through numerous programs that increase its holdings of various asset types. These assets can be grouped into three categories: 1) short-term lending to financial firms and markets totaling $1.19 trillion, which aims to provide liquidity; 2) rescue operations like Bear Stearns and AIG totaling $114 billion; and 3) operations focused on longer-term credit conditions like agency mortgage backed securities totaling $107 billion. Tracking both the size and composition of the Fed's balance sheet provides insight into the current state of credit easing measures.
A pending IRS rule has some credit unions worried about the fate of their deferred compensation plans. For some eight years now, the IRS has been considered the tax status of non-qualified deferred compensation plans offered by federal credit unions (FCUs). At issue is whether FCUs are entities of the federal government. In its analysis, the IRS concluded that FCUs are not because they are not federal instrumentalities. More info at: www.nafcu.org/BFB
The document is an agenda for the Cook County Board of Commissioners meeting on October 16, 2012. Item #1 on the agenda is a proposed ordinance to amend an existing bond ordinance to increase the authorized amount of refunding bonds that can be issued from $900 million to $1.4 billion and to approve additional financial firms to assist with bond refunding. Item #2 is a proposed ordinance amendment regarding county funds and accounts submitted by Commissioner John Fritchey.
Action Plan for improving perfomance of ODA programsIFAD Vietnam
MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND INVESTMENT
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence-Freedom-Happiness
ACTION PLAN FOR IMPROVING PERFORMANCE OF ODA PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS IN 2008-2009 PERIOD
(Promulgated together with the Decision No. 883/2008/QD-BKH 14/7/2008 of the Minister of Planning and Investment)
This document is a motion filed in bankruptcy court by Lyon Workspace Products, L.L.C. and related entities seeking authorization to pay prepetition employee wage and benefit obligations. Specifically, the debtors are requesting permission to pay approximately $130,000 in accrued but unpaid wages, $200,000 in accrued but unpaid sales commissions, $300,000 in accrued vacation time, $12,000 in unreimbursed expenses, and $400,000 in upcoming health insurance claims. The debtors also want to continue deducting amounts from employee paychecks for items such as taxes, insurance premiums, and 401(k) contributions and to honor these obligations going forward.
The petitioning creditors, who are lenders under credit agreements with Allied Systems Holdings, Inc. and Allied Systems, Ltd. (L.P.), filed involuntary bankruptcy petitions against the companies. The petitioners state that events of default have occurred, including the failure to pay over $57 million in interest and principal to first lien lenders and $9.6 million in interest to second lien lenders over the past two years. The petitioners further allege that Yucaipa, which controls Allied, engaged in conduct to prevent the lenders from exercising their rights despite the defaults. The petitioners assert that Allied is insolvent and unable to pay its debts, and needs a bankruptcy restructuring.
The document discusses the redesigned Uniform Residential Loan Application (URLA) form and the Uniform Mortgage Data Program (UMDP) implemented by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. It describes how the UMDP standardizes loan data to improve efficiency and transparency. It also summarizes the components of the redesigned URLA, including additional forms and sections for borrower information, property details, loan terms, and demographic data collection. The redesign aims to remove ambiguities, provide consistent definitions, and ensure loan eligibility for purchase by the GSEs.
201503 cfpb tila-respa-integrated-disclosure-guide-to-the-loan-estimate-and-c...Jerry Walter
This document provides an introduction and overview of the TILA-RESPA rule which integrates mortgage loan disclosures under the Truth in Lending Act and the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act. It explains that previously these disclosures were provided separately under different forms, languages, and timing which consumers found confusing. The new rule introduces two new integrated forms - the Loan Estimate to be provided at application and the Closing Disclosure to be provided at closing - to streamline and simplify the disclosure process for both consumers and lenders. It also notes that the new rule and forms were developed through extensive consumer testing and research to improve consumer understanding over prior separate disclosures.
This document contains a final regulation from the Department of Labor requiring certain service providers to pension plans to disclose information about their compensation and potential conflicts of interest. The regulation establishes disclosure requirements as part of a statutory exemption from ERISA's prohibited transaction provisions. The final rule retains the basic structure of previous proposals and interim rules by mandating that covered service providers satisfy disclosure requirements in order to qualify for the exemption. Key provisions of the final rule include requiring disclosure of direct and indirect compensation received by service providers, as well as modifications to conform investment-related disclosures with a separate participant-level disclosure regulation.
Oppenheimer funds plan sponsor regulation informationFPG Lynch
This document provides resources for plan sponsors to help keep their qualified retirement plans compliant with applicable tax laws and regulations. It outlines self-audit tools and information from the IRS and DOL, including checklists and educational materials. Resources are also given for making corrections to plans, such as the IRS correction programs and the DOL's Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program. Plan sponsors are encouraged to use these resources, along with support from legal advisors, to act as prudent fiduciaries and keep their plans in compliance.
This document provides a summary of the layout of Institut Joan Amigó i Callau school. The school has around 200 students and is located in Espluga de Francolí, Tarragona province, near the river and football pitch. On the ground floor there is a reception area, secretary's office, head teacher's office, teacher's room, kitchen, and cantine. The library, student toilets, lab, workshop, changing rooms and gym are also on the ground floor. Upstairs there are more classrooms, computer rooms, art room, and toilets for students and teachers. The school has four departments.
This document provides an overview and discussion of Subchapter V of Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code from the perspective of key participants in Subchapter V cases. It begins with background on Subchapter V and how it provides a streamlined process for small business reorganizations. It then discusses expectations and roles of the main participants in Subchapter V cases - the bankruptcy judge, United States Trustee, Subchapter V Trustee, debtor, creditors, and their attorneys. Open issues with Subchapter V are also identified, such as how to determine the length of payment plans and how to define disposable income for business debtors.
This document provides an overview of Section 1115 Medicaid waivers. It explains that Section 1115 waivers allow the Secretary of HHS to approve experimental projects in state Medicaid programs and waive certain federal requirements. Recently, many states have used waivers to shape their Medicaid programs in new ways. The document outlines the legal standards and process for obtaining waivers, including the requirement that projects be likely to promote Medicaid's objectives. It also discusses how different administrations have interpreted this standard and recent key waiver guidance and court decisions related to Section 1115 waivers.
W 2 Reporting Cost Of Employer Sponsored Health Coveragehaha7117
The document discusses the IRS requirements for employers to report the aggregate cost of applicable employer-sponsored health coverage on employees' Form W-2s beginning in 2012. Key points include: (1) employers must determine applicable coverage provided, calculate costs for each employee, and report costs on Form W-2s; (2) certain types of coverage and small employers are exempt from reporting; and (3) employers must comply with detailed rules around calculating and reporting costs.
The document summarizes the Department of the Navy's fiscal year 2013 budget. It discusses reductions in funding levels due to the Budget Control Act of 2011 and impending sequestration cuts. Key areas that will see reductions include military and civilian personnel, operations and maintenance, procurement, and infrastructure funding. Readiness levels for ship operations, flying hours, and ground equipment maintenance are maintained but reduced compared to previous years due to constrained budgets.
This document provides instructions and forms for claiming an agricultural loan interest reduction credit in Kansas. Part A requests information about an eligible agricultural borrower's original loan and any extension, renewal, or reduced interest rate loan. Part B calculates the allowed interest rate reduction based on the original and new loan rates. Part C computes the interest reduction credit for the loan by multiplying the remaining principal balance by the maximum credit allowable. The instructions provide details for completing Schedules K-51 and K-52 to claim the credit.
The securitization and reconstruction of financial assets and enforcement of ...exemplar2401
The document discusses the Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Securities Act (SARFAESI Act) and guidelines around classifying loans as non-performing assets (NPAs). It states that banks can only classify an account as an NPA if it meets the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) criteria, such as being overdue on payments for over 90 days. The RBI further classifies NPAs and provides rules around asset classification, income recognition, and provisioning. Banks must adhere to the RBI's guidelines before declaring any account as an NPA, as failure to do so could invalidate proceedings under the SARFAESI Act.
This document is a compact agreement between the United States, through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), and Nepal, through its Ministry of Finance, to provide $459.5 million in funding for projects to promote economic growth and reduce poverty in Nepal. The funding will support two projects: 1) increasing electricity consumption by facilitating power trade and improving electricity supply reliability; and 2) maintaining road quality across Nepal's strategic road network. The compact establishes guidelines for funding, implementation, oversight, audits, and tax exemptions. It designates an accountable entity, MCA-Nepal, to oversee and manage program implementation on behalf of the Nepalese government.
2009 No 13 Federal Reserve Assets Understanding The Pieces Of The Piesmullin2
The Federal Reserve has intervened in financial markets since 2007 through numerous programs that increase its holdings of various asset types. These assets can be grouped into three categories: 1) short-term lending to financial firms and markets totaling $1.19 trillion, which aims to provide liquidity; 2) rescue operations like Bear Stearns and AIG totaling $114 billion; and 3) operations focused on longer-term credit conditions like agency mortgage backed securities totaling $107 billion. Tracking both the size and composition of the Fed's balance sheet provides insight into the current state of credit easing measures.
A pending IRS rule has some credit unions worried about the fate of their deferred compensation plans. For some eight years now, the IRS has been considered the tax status of non-qualified deferred compensation plans offered by federal credit unions (FCUs). At issue is whether FCUs are entities of the federal government. In its analysis, the IRS concluded that FCUs are not because they are not federal instrumentalities. More info at: www.nafcu.org/BFB
The document is an agenda for the Cook County Board of Commissioners meeting on October 16, 2012. Item #1 on the agenda is a proposed ordinance to amend an existing bond ordinance to increase the authorized amount of refunding bonds that can be issued from $900 million to $1.4 billion and to approve additional financial firms to assist with bond refunding. Item #2 is a proposed ordinance amendment regarding county funds and accounts submitted by Commissioner John Fritchey.
Action Plan for improving perfomance of ODA programsIFAD Vietnam
MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND INVESTMENT
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence-Freedom-Happiness
ACTION PLAN FOR IMPROVING PERFORMANCE OF ODA PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS IN 2008-2009 PERIOD
(Promulgated together with the Decision No. 883/2008/QD-BKH 14/7/2008 of the Minister of Planning and Investment)
This document is a motion filed in bankruptcy court by Lyon Workspace Products, L.L.C. and related entities seeking authorization to pay prepetition employee wage and benefit obligations. Specifically, the debtors are requesting permission to pay approximately $130,000 in accrued but unpaid wages, $200,000 in accrued but unpaid sales commissions, $300,000 in accrued vacation time, $12,000 in unreimbursed expenses, and $400,000 in upcoming health insurance claims. The debtors also want to continue deducting amounts from employee paychecks for items such as taxes, insurance premiums, and 401(k) contributions and to honor these obligations going forward.
The petitioning creditors, who are lenders under credit agreements with Allied Systems Holdings, Inc. and Allied Systems, Ltd. (L.P.), filed involuntary bankruptcy petitions against the companies. The petitioners state that events of default have occurred, including the failure to pay over $57 million in interest and principal to first lien lenders and $9.6 million in interest to second lien lenders over the past two years. The petitioners further allege that Yucaipa, which controls Allied, engaged in conduct to prevent the lenders from exercising their rights despite the defaults. The petitioners assert that Allied is insolvent and unable to pay its debts, and needs a bankruptcy restructuring.
The document discusses the redesigned Uniform Residential Loan Application (URLA) form and the Uniform Mortgage Data Program (UMDP) implemented by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. It describes how the UMDP standardizes loan data to improve efficiency and transparency. It also summarizes the components of the redesigned URLA, including additional forms and sections for borrower information, property details, loan terms, and demographic data collection. The redesign aims to remove ambiguities, provide consistent definitions, and ensure loan eligibility for purchase by the GSEs.
201503 cfpb tila-respa-integrated-disclosure-guide-to-the-loan-estimate-and-c...Jerry Walter
This document provides an introduction and overview of the TILA-RESPA rule which integrates mortgage loan disclosures under the Truth in Lending Act and the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act. It explains that previously these disclosures were provided separately under different forms, languages, and timing which consumers found confusing. The new rule introduces two new integrated forms - the Loan Estimate to be provided at application and the Closing Disclosure to be provided at closing - to streamline and simplify the disclosure process for both consumers and lenders. It also notes that the new rule and forms were developed through extensive consumer testing and research to improve consumer understanding over prior separate disclosures.
This document contains a final regulation from the Department of Labor requiring certain service providers to pension plans to disclose information about their compensation and potential conflicts of interest. The regulation establishes disclosure requirements as part of a statutory exemption from ERISA's prohibited transaction provisions. The final rule retains the basic structure of previous proposals and interim rules by mandating that covered service providers satisfy disclosure requirements in order to qualify for the exemption. Key provisions of the final rule include requiring disclosure of direct and indirect compensation received by service providers, as well as modifications to conform investment-related disclosures with a separate participant-level disclosure regulation.
Oppenheimer funds plan sponsor regulation informationFPG Lynch
This document provides resources for plan sponsors to help keep their qualified retirement plans compliant with applicable tax laws and regulations. It outlines self-audit tools and information from the IRS and DOL, including checklists and educational materials. Resources are also given for making corrections to plans, such as the IRS correction programs and the DOL's Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program. Plan sponsors are encouraged to use these resources, along with support from legal advisors, to act as prudent fiduciaries and keep their plans in compliance.
This document provides a summary of the layout of Institut Joan Amigó i Callau school. The school has around 200 students and is located in Espluga de Francolí, Tarragona province, near the river and football pitch. On the ground floor there is a reception area, secretary's office, head teacher's office, teacher's room, kitchen, and cantine. The library, student toilets, lab, workshop, changing rooms and gym are also on the ground floor. Upstairs there are more classrooms, computer rooms, art room, and toilets for students and teachers. The school has four departments.
This document is a checklist for employers to use to ensure their 403(b) retirement plan is in compliance with IRS rules. It contains 10 yes or no questions addressing issues like whether the employer qualifies to have a 403(b) plan, whether all eligible employees have the opportunity to contribute, and whether contribution and distribution rules are being followed properly. Getting a no answer to any question may indicate a compliance issue with the plan. The checklist is intended as a quick review and employers should also consult IRS publications for more detailed information on 403(b) plan rules.
This document provides an overview of the hardware architecture of the TMS320DM8148, which includes:
- A high performance dual-core processor with an ARM Cortex-A8 core and C674x VLIW DSP.
- An imaging subsystem for camera sensor connections and image processing.
- A graphics engine, video capture/display, and memory interfaces.
- Various peripherals including Ethernet, USB, SATA, CAN, and GPIO.
- Power management and debug features.
Registered Fiduciary Designation by DalbarFPG Lynch
This fiduciary standard distinguishes RF™ designated professionals as having met the highest standard in the financial industry. All valid certified RF™ are listed on the Registry of Fiduciary Professionals.
Plan Sponsor's Guide to Retirement Plan FeesFPG Lynch
This document provides guidance to plan sponsors on retirement plan fees. It discusses fiduciary responsibilities to understand all fees paid from the plan and ensure they are reasonable. Fees can include administrative, investment, and participant costs. Administrative fees may be bundled together or unbundled among multiple providers. Investment fees are expenses charged by the funds themselves. The document aims to help plan sponsors accurately account for all costs to evaluate the value received for fees paid.
Jennifer serves as our client service manager, assistant compliance officer and is also involved in performing annual CEFEX assessments. Jennifer came to Canon Capital with six years of banking experience, most recently as a Branch Manager. Jennifer is a graduate of Gwynedd Mercy College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration.
This document provides a list of gluten-free grains divided into two categories: traditional grains such as corn, buckwheat and various types of rice, and ancient grains including amaranth, sorghum, chia, millet, quinoa and teff. The document lists gluten-free grain options for people needing to avoid gluten in their diets.
The document summarizes key events in the narrator's family history across different decades from 1910 to 2001. It describes how the narrator's father's parents immigrated to the US in the early 1900s and met during WWII. It then discusses how the counterculture of the 1960s-70s shaped the narrator's upbringing and how their parents used the internet in 2000 to reconnect with long lost family. The document concludes by noting how 9/11 caused the narrator's mother to become a US citizen and changed family visits to Brazil.
The UDPSRC GStreamer plugin is a source element that receives UDP packets from a port and provides them to the GStreamer pipeline. It has properties to configure the port, multicast group, interface, URI, buffer size, and other settings. The init functions initialize the element and register its properties. The main functions open the socket, start/stop listening, handle incoming packets, and provide data to the pipeline in response to requests.
When you offer retirement and health benefits to your employees, you need to make sure you’re providing the right documents to stay in compliance with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA)…
This issue of Retirement Plan News includes articles on the following: Post-severance compensation revisited, The fiduciary role and Tibble v. Edison, Bankruptcy and retirement plans.
What’s in Your Rule Book? A Common Sense Approach to Plan Documentation.CBIZ, Inc.
Two recent eligibility opportunities, one created as a result of a US Supreme Court decision and the other enacted by law, are a wake-up call for plan sponsors of welfare and pension benefit plans to review and update, as appropriate, the terms of their plans. As is well known by now, the Supreme Court’s ruling in United States v. Windsor1 extended federal tax and benefit rights to couples in a same-sex marriage. In addition, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) incents employers to extend
eligibility to their workforce or risk an excise tax penalty. Plan sponsors should review their plan documents in light of these recent developments to ensure that the plan language is current and compliant.
This document contains questions and proposed answers from a Department of Labor staff meeting on employee benefits. Question 4 asks if a pension plan can refuse to qualify a domestic relations order (DRO) that would require the plan to pay more than it otherwise would. The proposed answer states that the plan can refuse because allowing benefits to be paid before the earliest retirement age would require paying more than the plan is obligated to pay under law. The DRO should name the alternate payee as the surviving spouse to avoid this issue after the earliest retirement age is reached.
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2) Administrative and individual expenses allocated to participant accounts
3) Investment-related information for each option like name, type, performance history, benchmarks, and fees.
Plan administrators must provide this information initially and annually, as well as upon request or if any details change. The regulations seek to help participants while not overburdening plan administrators by allowing reliance on information from service
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The document discusses the proposed Results Management Framework for 2010-2012 and provides an overview of the revised General Conditions for IFAD financing agreements. Key changes include making the financing agreement shorter by moving standard provisions to the General Conditions, and removing the requirement for expenditures to be incurred in an IFAD member state. The General Conditions define terms like eligible expenditures and set rules around loan accounts, withdrawals, currency provisions, and project implementation through annual workplans and budgets.
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Reporting disclosure guide for employee benefit plans
1. Reporting and Disclosure Guide for Employee
Benefit Plans
U.S. Department of Labor
Employee Benefits Security Administration
Revised October 2008
2.
3. Introduction
This Reporting and Disclosure Guide for Employee Benefit Plans has Health Plans; and Additional Disclosure Requirements for Pension
been prepared by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Plans.
Security Administration (EBSA) with assistance from the Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). It is intended to be used as a The second chapter, beginning on page 10, provides an overview of
quick reference tool for certain basic reporting and disclosure reporting and disclosure requirements for defined benefit pension plans
requirements under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of under Title IV of ERISA. The PBGC administers these provisions. The
1974 (ERISA). Not all ERISA reporting and disclosure requirements are chapter focuses primarily on single-employer plans and has four
reflected in this guide. For example, the guide, as a general matter, does sections. The first section - Pension Insurance Premiums - applies to
not focus on disclosures required by the Internal Revenue Code or the covered single-employer and multiemployer defined benefit plans. The
provisions of ERISA for which the Treasury Department and Internal last three sections - Standard Terminations, Distress Terminations, and
Revenue Service have regulatory and interpretive authority. Other Reports - apply only to covered single-employer defined benefit
plans.
The guide contains, on page 19, a list of EBSA and PBGC resources,
including agency Internet sites, where laws, regulations, and other The third chapter, beginning on page 14, provides an overview of the
guidance are available on ERISA’s reporting and disclosure Form 5500 and Form M-1 Annual Reporting requirements. The chapter
requirements. Readers should refer to the law, regulations, instructions consists of the following quick reference charts: Pension and Welfare
for any applicable form, or other official guidance issued by EBSA or the Benefit Plan Form 5500 Quick Reference Chart; DFE Form 5500 Quick
PBGC for complete information on ERISA’s reporting and disclosure Reference Chart; and Form M-1 Quick Reference Chart.
requirements.
This Department of Labor publication is intended to improve public
This guide contains three chapters. The first chapter, beginning on page access to information about the reporting and disclosure rules under
2, provides an overview of the most common disclosures that ERISA. We made every effort to ensure that the information presented
administrators of employee benefit plans are required to furnish to reflects current laws and final regulations as of July 2008. Please be
participants, beneficiaries, and certain other individuals under Title I sure to check current laws and regulations on our website at
of ERISA. The chapter has three sections: Basic Disclosure www.dol.gov/ebsa.
Requirements for Pension and Welfare Benefit Plans; Additional
Disclosure Requirements for Welfare Benefit Plans That Are Group
1
4. Overview of ERISA Title I Basic Disclosure Requirements1*
Section 1: Basic Disclosure Requirements for Pension and Welfare Benefit Plans
Document Type of Information T Whom
o When
Summary Plan Description (SPD) Primary vehicle for informing participants Participants and those pension plan Automatically to participants within 90
and beneficiaries about their plan and how it beneficiaries receiving benefits. (Also see days of becoming covered by the plan
operates. Must be written for average “Plan Documents” below for persons with and to pension plan beneficiaries within 90
participant and be sufficiently comprehen- the right to obtain SPD upon request). days after first receiving benefits.
sive to apprise covered persons of their However, a plan has 120 days after
benefits, rights, and obligations under the See 29 CFR § 2520.102-2(c) for provisions becoming subject to ERISA to distribute
plan. Must accurately reflect the plan’s on foreign language assistance when a the SPD. Updated SPD must be furnished
contents as of the date not earlier than 120 certain portion of plan participants are every 5 years if changes made to SPD
days prior to the date the SPD is disclosed. literate only in the same non-English information or plan is amended. Other-
See 29 CFR §§ 2520.102-2 and 2520.102-3 language. wise must be furnished every 10 years.
for style, format, and content requirements. See 29 CFR § 2520.104b-2.
Summary of Material Modification Describes material modifications to a plan Participants and those pension plan Automatically to participants and pension
(SMM) and changes in the information required to beneficiaries receiving benefits. (Also see plan beneficiaries receiving benefits; not
be in the SPD. Distribution of updated SPD “Plan Documents” below for persons with later than 210 days after the end of the plan
satisfies this requirement. See 29 CFR the right to obtain SMM upon request). year in which the change is adopted.
§ 2520.104b-3.
Summary Annual Report (SAR) Narrative summary of the Form 5500. See Participants and those pension plan Automatically to participants and pension
29 CFR § 2520.104b-10(d) for prescribed beneficiaries receiving benefits. For plan plan beneficiaries receiving benefits
format. years beginning after December 31, 2007, within 9 months after end of plan year, or
the SAR is no longer required for defined 2 months after due date for filing Form
benefit pension plans, which now instead 5500 (with approved extension).
provide the annual funding notice (see
below).
Notification of Benefit Determination Information regarding benefit claim Claimants (participants and beneficiaries or Requirements vary depending on type of
(claims notices or “explanation of determinations. Adverse benefit determina- authorized claims representatives). plan and type of benefit claim involved.
benefits”) tions must include required disclosures See 29 CFR § 2560.503-1 for prescribed
(e.g., the specific reason(s) for the denial of claims procedures requirements.
a claim, reference to the specific plan
provisions on which the benefit determina-
tion is based, and a description of the plan’s
appeal procedures).
Plan Documents The plan administrator must furnish copies Participants and beneficiaries. Also see Copies must be furnished no later than 30
of certain documents upon written request 29 CFR § 2520.104a-8 regarding the days after a written request. Plan
and must have copies available for Department’s authority to request docu- administrator must make copies available
examination. The documents include the ments. at its principal office and certain other
latest updated SPD, latest Form 5500, trust locations as specified in 29 CFR
agreement, and other instruments under § 2520.104b-1(b).
which the plan is established or operated.
*All footnotes for this chapter are on page 4.
2
5. Section 2: Additional Disclosure Requirements for Welfare Benefit Plans That Are Group Health Plans2
Document Type of Information T Whom
o When
Summary of Material Reduction in Summary of group health plan amendments Participants. Generally within 60 days of adoption of
Covered Services or Benefits and changes in information required to be material reduction in group health plan
in SPD that constitute a “material reduction services or benefits. See 29 CFR
in covered services or benefits.” See 29 § 2520.104b-3(d)(2) regarding 90-day
CFR § 2520.104b-3(d)(3) for definitions. alternative rule for furnishing the required
information.
3
Initial COBRA Notice Notice of the right to purchase temporary Covered employees and covered spouses. When group health plan coverage
extension of group health coverage when commences.
coverage is lost due to a qualifying event.
For more information, see EBSA’s booklet
An Employer’s Guide to Group Health
Continuation Coverage Under COBRA.
See 29 CFR § 2590.606-1.
3
COBRA Election Notice Notice to “qualified beneficiaries” of their Covered employees, covered spouses, The administrator must generally provide
right to elect COBRA coverage upon and dependent children who are qualified qualified beneficiaries with this notice,
occurrence of qualifying event. For more beneficiaries. generally within 14 days after being
information, see EBSA’s booklet An notified by the employer or qualified
Employer’s Guide to Group Health beneficiary of the qualifying event. If the
Continuation Coverage Under COBRA. employer is also the plan administrator,
See 29 CFR § 2590.606-4. the administrator must provide the notice
not later than 44 days after: the date on
which the qualifying event occurred; or if
the plan provides that COBRA continua-
tion coverage starts on the date of loss of
coverage, the date of loss of coverage
due to a qualifying event.
Notice of Unavailability of COBRA Notice that an individual is not entitled to Individuals who provide notice to the The administrator must provide this notice
COBRA coverage. See 29 CFR § 2590.606- administrator of a qualifying event whom generally within 14 days after being
4(c). the administrator determines are not eligible notified by the individual of the qualifying
for COBRA coverage. event.
Notice of Early Termination of COBRA Notice that a qualified beneficiary’s Qualified beneficiaries whose COBRA As soon as practicable following the
Coverage COBRA coverage will terminate earlier coverage will terminate earlier than the administrator’s determination that
than the maximum period of coverage. maximum period of coverage. coverage will terminate.
See 29 CFR § 2590.606-4(d).
3
6. Document Type of Information T Whom
o When
Certificate of Creditable Coverage4 Notice from employee’s former group Participants and beneficiaries who lose Automatically upon losing group health
health plan documenting prior group health coverage or who request a certificate. plan coverage, becoming eligible for
plan creditable coverage. See 29 CFR § COBRA coverage, and when COBRA
2590.701-5(a)(3)(ii) for information required coverage ceases. A certificate may be
to be included on the certificate. requested free of charge anytime prior to
losing coverage and within 24 months of
losing coverage.
General Notice of Preexisting Notice describing a group health plan’s Participants. Must be provided as part of any written
Condition Exclusion4 preexisting condition exclusion and how application materials distributed for
prior creditable coverage can reduce the enrollment. If the plan or issuer does not
preexisting condition exclusion period. distribute such materials, by the earliest
See 29 CFR § 2590.701-3(c) for pre- date following a request for enrollment that
scribed requirements. a plan or issuer, acting in a reasonable and
prompt fashion, can provide the notice.
Notice that a specific preexisting condition Participants and beneficiaries who As soon as possible following the
Individual Notice of Period of
exclusion period applies to an individual demonstrate creditable coverage that is not determination of creditable coverage.
Preexisting Condition Exclusion4 upon consideration of creditable coverage enough to completely offset the preexisting
evidence and an explanation of appeal condition exclusion.
procedures if the individual disputes the
plan’s determination. See 29 CFR §
2590.701-3(e) for prescribed requirements.
Notice of Special Enrollment Rights4 Notice describing the group health plan’s Employees eligible to enroll in a group At or before the time an employee is
special enrollment rules including the right health plan. initially offered the opportunity to enroll in
to special enroll within 30 days of the loss the group health plan.
of other coverage or of marriage, birth of a
child, adoption, or placement for adoption.
See 29 CFR § 2590.701-6(c) for prescribed
requirements as well as a model notice.
Wellness Program Disclosure4 Notice given by any group health plan Participants and beneficiaries eligible to In all plan materials that describe the
offering a wellness program that requires participate in a wellness program that terms of the wellness program. If the
individuals to meet a standard related to a requires individuals to meet a standard plan materials merely mention that a
health factor in order to obtain a reward. The related to a health factor in order to obtain program is available, without describing
notice must disclose the availability of a a reward. its terms, this disclosure is not required.
reasonable alternative standard (or possibility
of waiver of the otherwise applicable
standard). See 29 CFR § 2590.702(f)(2)(v) for
prescribed requirements as well as model
language.
1
Please refer to the Department’s regulations and other guidance for information on the extent to which charges may be assessed to cover the cost of furnishing particular information, statements, or documents to participants and
beneficiaries required under Title I of ERISA. See, e.g., 29 CFR 2520.104b-30.
2
The term “group health plan” means an employee welfare benefit plan to the extent that the plan provides medical care to employees or their dependents directly or through insurance, reimbursement or otherwise.
3
COBRA generally applies to group health plans of employers who employed 20 or more employees during the prior calendar year. Provisions of COBRA covering State and local government plans are administered by the
Department of Health and Human Services. COBRA does not apply to plans sponsored by certain church-related organizations.
4
For more information, see EBSA’s Compliance Assistance Guide: Health Benefits Coverage Under Federal Law.
4
7. Document Type of Information T Whom
o When
Women’s Health and Cancer Rights Notice describing required benefits for Participants. Notice must be furnished upon enrollment
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prostheses, and treatment of physical
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Medical Child Support Order (MCSO) Notification from plan administrator Participants, any child named in a MCSO, Administrator, upon receipt of MCSO,
Notice regarding receipt and qualification and his or her representative. must promptly issue notice (including
determination on a MCSO directing the plan’s procedures for determining its
plan to provide health insurance coverage qualified status). Administrator must also
to a participant’s noncustodial children. See issue separate notice as to whether the
ERISA § 609(a)(5)(A) for prescribed MCSO is qualified within a reasonable
requirements. time after its receipt.
National Medical Support (NMS) Notice used by State agency responsible State agencies, employers, plan administra- Employer must either send Part A to the
Notice for enforcing health care coverage tors, participants, custodial parents, State agency, or Part B to plan administra-
provisions in a MCSO. See ERISA § children, representatives. tor, within 20 days after the date of the
609(a)(5) and 29 CFR § 2590.609-2 for notice or sooner, if reasonable. Adminis-
prescribed requirements. Depending upon trator must promptly notify affected
certain conditions, employer must persons of receipt of the notice and the
complete and return Part A of the NMS procedures for determining its qualified
notice to the State agency or transfer Part B status. Administrator must within 40-
of the notice to the plan administrator for a business days after its date or sooner, if
determination on whether the notice is a reasonable, complete and return Part B to
qualified MCSO. the State agency and must also provide
required information to affected persons.
Under certain circumstances, the
employer may be required to send Part A
to the State agency after the plan
administrator has processed Part B.
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8. Section 3: Additional Disclosure Requirements for Pension Plans
Document Type of Information T Whom
o When
Periodic Pension Benefit Statement Content of statements varies depending Participants and beneficiaries In general, at least once each quarter for
on the type of plan. individual account plans that permit
participants to direct their investments;
In general, all statements must indicate at least once each year, in the case of
total benefits and total nonforfeitable individual account plans that do not
pension benefits, if any, which have permit participants to direct their
accrued, or earliest date on which benefits investments; and at least once every
become nonforfeitable. three years in the case of defined
benefit plans or, in the alternative,
Benefit statements for an individual defined benefit plans can satisfy this
account plan must also provide the value requirement if at least once each year
of each investment to which assets in the the administrator provides notice of the
individual account have been allocated. availability of the pension benefit
statement and the ways to obtain such
Benefit statements for individual account statement. In addition, the plan
plans that permit participant investment administrator of a defined benefit plan
direction must also include an explanation must furnish a benefit statement to a
of any limitation or restriction on any participant or beneficiary upon written
right of the participant or beneficiary request, limited to one request during
under the plan to direct an investment; an any 12-month period. In addition, the
explanation of the importance of a well- plan administrator of an individual
balanced and diversified portfolio, account plan must furnish a benefit
including a statement of the risk that statement upon request to a beneficiary
holding more than 20 percent of a that does not receive statements
portfolio in the security of an entity (such automatically, limited to one request
as employer securities) may not be during any 12-month period.
adequately diversified; and a notice
directing the participant or beneficiary to
the Internet website of the Department of
Labor for sources of information on
individual investing and diversification.
See ERISA § 105.
Statement of Accrued and Statements of total accrued benefits and Participants. The plan administrator shall provide a
Nonforfeitable Benefits total nonforfeitable pension benefits, if statement to participants upon request,
any, which have accrued, or the earliest upon termination of service with the
date on which benefits become nonfor- employer, or after the participant has a
feitable. See ERISA § 209. 1-year break in service. Not more than
one statement shall be required in any
12-month period for statements
provided upon request. Not more than
one statement shall be required with
respect to consecutive 1-year breaks in
service.
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9. Document Type of Information T Whom
o When
Suspension of Benefits Notice Notice that benefit payments are being Employees whose benefits are suspended. During first month or payroll period in
suspended during certain periods of which the withholding of benefit
employment or reemployment. See 29 payments occurs.
CFR § 2530.203-3 for prescribed require-
ments.
Notice of Transfer of Excess Notification of transfer of defined benefit Employer sponsoring pension plan from Notices must be given not later than 60
Pension Assets to Retiree Health plan excess assets to retiree health benefit which transfer is made must give notice to days before the date of the transfer. The
Benefit Account account. See ERISA § 101(e) for pre- the Secretaries of Labor and the Treasury, employer notice also must be available
scribed requirements. each employee organization representing for inspection in the principal office of
plan participants, and the plan administrator. the administrator.
Plan administrator must notify each
participant and beneficiary under the plan.
Domestic Relations Order (DRO) Notifications from plan administrator Participants, and alternate payees (i.e., Administrator, upon receipt of the DRO,
and Qualified Domestic Relations regarding its receipt of a DRO, and upon a spouse, former spouse, child, or other must promptly issue the notice (includ-
Order (QDRO) Notices determination as to whether the DRO is dependent of a participant named in a DRO ing the plan’s procedures for determin-
qualified. For more information see ERISA as having a right to receive all or a portion ing its qualified status). The second
§ 206(d)(3) and the EBSA booklet QDROs: of the participant’s plan benefits). notice, regarding whether the DRO is
The Division of Retirement Benefits qualified, must be issued within a
Through Qualified Domestic Relations reasonable period of time after receipt of
Orders. the DRO.
Notice of Significant Reduction in Notice of plan amendments to defined Participants, alternate payees under a Except as provided in regulations
Future Benefit Accruals benefit plans and certain defined contribu- QDRO, contributing employers, prescribed by the Secretary of the
tion plans that provide for a significant and certain employee organizations. Treasury, notice must be provided
reduction in the rate of future benefit within a reasonable time, generally 45
accruals or the elimination or significant days, before the effective date of a
reduction in an early retirement benefit or plan amendment subject to ERISA. See
retirement-type subsidy. See 26 CFR §204(h) of ERISA and IRC §4980F.
§ 54.4980F-1 for further information.
Notice of Failure to Meet Minimum Notification of failure to make a required Participants, beneficiaries, and alternate Must be furnished within a “reasonable”
Funding Standards installment or other plan contribution to payees under QDROs. period of time after the failure. Notice is
satisfy minimum funding standard within 60 not required if a funding waiver is
days of contribution due date. (Not requested in a timely manner; if waiver is
applicable to multiemployer plans). See denied, notice must be provided within
ERISA § 101(d) for more information. 60 days after the denial.
Section 404(c) Plan Disclosures Investment-related and certain other Participants or beneficiaries, as applicable. Certain information should be furnished
disclosures for participant-directed to participants or beneficiaries before the
individual account plans described in 29 time when investment instructions are to
CFR § 2550.404c-1, including blackout be made; certain information must be
notice for participant-directed individual furnished upon request.
account plans described in ERISA section
404(c)(1)(A)(ii), as described below.
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10. Document Type of Information To Whom When
Notice of Blackout Period for Individual Notification of any period of more than 3 Participants and beneficiaries of individual Generally at least 30 days but not more
Account Plans consecutive business days when there is a account plans affected by such blackout than 60 days advance notice. See ERISA
temporary suspension, limitation or periods and issuers of affected employer § 101(i) and 29 CFR § 2520.101-3 for
restriction under an individual account plan securities held by the plan. further information on the notice
on directing or diversifying plan assets, requirement.
obtaining loans, or obtaining distributions.
Qualified Default Investment Advance notice to participants and Participants and beneficiaries. An initial notice must be furnished at
Alternative Notice beneficiaries describing the circum- least 30 days in advance of the date of
stances under which contributions or plan eligibility, or at least 30 days in
other assets will be invested on their advance of the date of any first
behalf in a qualified default investment investment in a qualified default
alternative, the investment objectives of investment alternative on behalf of a
the qualified default investment alterna- participant or beneficiary; or on or
tive, and the right of participants and before the date of plan eligibility if the
beneficiaries to direct investments out of participant has the opportunity to make
the qualified default investment alterna- a permissible withdrawal within the first
tive. See 29 CFR § 2550.404c-5. See also 90 days. Further, there is an annual
ERISA § 514(e)(3). notice requirement within a reasonable
period of time of at least 30 days in
advance of each subsequent plan year.
See 29 CFR § 2550.404c-5.
Automatic Contribution Arrangement A plan administrator of an automatic Each participant to whom the arrangement The plan administrator of an automatic
Notice contribution arrangement shall provide a applies. See ERISA § 514(e)(3). contribution arrangement shall, within
notice under ERISA § 514(e)(3). Gener- a reasonable period before such plan
ally, this notice shall inform participants of year, provide the notice. See ERISA
their rights and obligations under the § 514(e)(3).
arrangement.
Annual Funding Notice Basic information about the funding status Participants, beneficiaries receiving Not later than 120 days after the plan
and financial condition of the defined benefits, each labor organization year for large plans. Small plans (100
benefit pension plan, including the plan’s representing participants under the plan, or fewer participants) must furnish the
funding percentage; assets and liabilities; each employer that has an obligation to notice no later than the earlier of the
and a description of the benefits guaran- contribute under the plan, and PBGC. date on which the annual report is filed
teed by the PBGC. See ERISA §101(f). or the latest date the annual report must
be filed (including extensions).
Multiemployer Plan Summary Report Certain financial information, such as Each employee organization and to each Within 30 days after the due date of the
contribution schedules, benefit formulas, employer that has an obligation to annual report.
number of employers obligated to contribute to the plan.
contribute, number of participants on
whose behalf no contributions were made
for a specified period of time, number of
withdrawing employers, and withdrawal
liability. See ERISA §104(d).
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11. Document Type of Information T Whom
o When
Multiemployer Pension Plan Copies of periodic actuarial reports, Participants, beneficiaries receiving Within 30 days of written request.
Information Made Available on Request quarterly, semi-annual, or annual financial benefits, each labor organization represent- Requester not entitled to receive more
reports, and amortization extension ing participants under the plan, and each than one copy of any report or
applications. See ERISA §101(k). employer that has an obligation to application during any 12-month period.
contribute to the plan. See ERISA § 101(k).
Multiemployer Plan Notice of Potential Estimated amount of employer’s with- Any employer who has an obligation to Generally, within 180 days of a written
Withdrawal Liability drawal liability and how such estimated contribute to the plan. request.
liability was determined. See ERISA §
101(l).
Notice of Funding-based Limitation The plan administrator of a single- Participants and beneficiaries. Generally, within 30 days after a plan
employer or multiple employer defined becomes subject to a specified funding-
benefit plan must provide a notice of based limitation, as well as at any other
specified funding-based limits on benefit time determined by the Secretary of the
accruals and benefit distributions. See Treasury.
ERISA § 101(j).
Notice of Right to Divest Notice of right to sell company stock and Participants, alternate payees with Not later than 30 days before the first
reinvest proceeds into other investments accounts under the plan, and beneficiaries date on which the individuals are
available under the plan. Notice also of deceased participants. See ERISA § eligible to exercise their rights. See
must describe the importance of diversi- 204(j). ERISA § 101(m).
fying the investment of retirement
account assets. See ERISA § 101(m).
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12. Overview of Basic PBGC Reporting and Disclosure Requirements
Section 1: Pension Insurance Premiums (for covered single-employer and multiemployer defined benefit plans)
(ERISA §§ 4006 and 4007; 29 CFR Parts 4006 and 4007)*
Document Type of Information T Whom
o When
Estimated Premium Filing Estimated flat-rate premium payment (with Pension Benefit Guaranty By last day of second full calendar month
supporting data) for plans with 500 or more Corporation (PBGC) following end of prior plan year.
participants in prior plan year.
Comprehensive Premium Filing Annual premium payment (with supporting PBGC For plans with fewer than 100 participants
data) for all plans. in prior plan year, by last day of 16th full
calendar month following end of the
preceding premium payment year (e.g.,
April 30, 2009 for 2008 calendar-year
plans). For plans with 100 or more
participants in prior plan year, by 15th day
of the tenth full calendar month following
end of prior plan year (e.g., October 15,
2008 for 2008 calendar-year plans).
Section 2: Standard Terminations (for covered single-employer defined benefit plans)
(ERISA §§ 4041 and 4050; 29 CFR Parts 4041 and 4050)
Document Type of Information T Whom
o When
Notice of Intent to Terminate Advises of proposed termination and Participants, beneficiaries, alternate At least 60 and no more than 90 days
provides information about the termination payees, and union. before proposed termination date. (If
process. possible insurers not known at this
time, supplemental notice no later than
45 days before distribution date.)
Form 500 - Standard Termination Advises of proposed termination and PBGC No later than 180 days after proposed
Notice provides plan data. termination date.
Notice of Plan Benefits Provides information on each person’s Participants, beneficiaries, and alternate No later than the time Form 500
benefits. payees. (Standard Termination Notice) is filed
with PBGC.
*
Note: Plans e-file for plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2007. To electronically submit premium filings and payments to the PBGC, use PBGC’s online application, My Plan Administration Account (My PAA). My
PAA and more information can be found at the PBGC’s Web site (www.pbgc.gov) on the page for Practitioners under Premium Filings.
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13. Document Type of Information T Whom
o When
Form 501 - Post-Distribution Certifies that distribution of plan assets has PBGC No later than the 30th day after distribution
Certification been properly completed. of plan assets completed. (If PBGC
assesses a penalty, it will do so only to the
extent the form is filed more than 90 days
after distribution deadline, including
extensions.)
Schedule MP - Missing Participants Advises of a participant or beneficiary under a PBGC Filed with Form 501. (See above for
terminating plan whom the plan administrator time limits.)
cannot locate.
Section 3: Distress Terminations (for covered single-employer defined benefit plans)
(ERISA §§ 4041 and 4050; 29 CFR Parts 4041 and 4050)
Document Type of Information To Whom When
Form 600 - Distress Termination Advises of proposed termination and PBGC At least 60 days and (except with PBGC
Notice of Intent to Terminate provides plan and sponsor data. approval) no more than 90 days before
proposed termination date.
Notice of Intent to Terminate to Advises of proposed termination and Participants, beneficiaries, alternate No later than the time Form 600
Affected Parties Other than PBGC provides information about the termina- payees, and union. (Notice of Intent to Terminate) is filed
tion process. with PBGC.
Disclosure of Termination A plan administrator must disclose Participants, beneficiaries, alternate Not later than 15 days after (1) receipt
Information information it has submitted to PBGC in payees, and union. of a request from the affected party for
connection with a distress termination. the information; or (2) the provision of
See ERISA section 4041(c)(2)(D). (Note new information to the PBGC relating
that a plan administrator or a plan sponsor to a previous request.
must disclose information it has submitted
to PBGC in connection with a PBGC-
initiated termination. See ERISA §
4042(c)(3).)
Notice of Request to Bankruptcy Advises of sponsor’s/controlled group PBGC Concurrent with request to Bankruptcy
Court to Approve Termination member’s request to Bankruptcy Court to Court.
approve plan termination based upon
reorganization test.
Form 601 - Distress Termination Demonstrates satisfaction of distress PBGC No later than the 120th day after the
Notice, Single-Employer Plan criteria, and provides plan and sponsor/ proposed termination date.
Termination controlled group data.
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14. Document Type of Information To Whom When
Form 602 - Post-Distribution Certifies the distribution of plan assets has PBGC No later than the 30th day after distribu-
Certification for Distress been properly completed for a plan that is tion of plan assets completed. (If PBGC
Termination sufficient for guaranteed benefits. assesses a penalty, it will do so only to
the extent the form is filed more than 90
days after the distribution deadline,
including extensions.)
Schedule MP - Missing Participants Advises of a participant or beneficiary PBGC Filed with Form 602. (See above for
under a terminating plan whom the plan the time limits.)
administrator cannot locate. (This
assumes plan is sufficient for guaranteed
benefits.)
Section 4: Other Reports (for covered single-employer defined benefit plans)
Document Type of Information T Whom
o When
Form 10 - Post-Event Notice of Requires submission of information relating PBGC No later than 30 days after plan
Reportable Events to event, plan, and controlled group for: administrator or contributing sponsor
failure to make a required minimum funding knows (or has reason to know) the
payment, active participant reduction, event has occurred. (Extensions may
change in contributing sponsor or apply.)
controlled group, application for funding
waiver, liquidation, bankruptcy, and various
other events. See ERISA § 4043 and 29
CFR Part 4043.
Form 10-Advance - Advance Notice Requires submission of information relating PBGC At least 30 days in advance of effective
of Reportable Events to event, plan, and controlled group for: date of event. (Extensions may apply.)
change in contributing sponsor or
controlled group, liquidation, loan default,
transfer of benefit liabilities, and various
other events. This requirement applies to
privately held controlled groups with plans
having aggregate unfunded vested benefits
over $50 million and an aggregate funded
vested percentage under 90 percent.
See ERISA § 4043 and 29 CFR Part 4043.
Form 200 - Notice of Failure to Requires submission of information relating PBGC
No later than 10 days after contribution
Make Required Contributions to plan and controlled group where plan due date.
has aggregate missed contributions of more
than $1 million. See ERISA § 302(f)(4) and 29
CFR Part 4043, subparts A and D.
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15. Document Type of Information T Whom
o When
Reporting of Substantial Cessation of Advises PBGC of certain cessations of PBGC No later than 60 days after event.
Operation and of Withdrawal of operation and of withdrawals of substan-
Substantial Employer tial employers and requests determination
of liability. See ERISA §§ 4062(e) and
4063(a).
Requires submission of actuarial and No later than 105 days after the close
Annual Financial and Actuarial PBGC
financial information for certain con- of the filer’s information year, with a
Information Reporting
trolled groups with substantial possible extension for certain required
underfunding. See ERISA § 4010 and 29 actuarial information until 15 days after
CFR Part 4010. filing deadline for annual report (Form
5500).
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16. Overview of Form 5500 and Form M-1 Annual Reporting Requirements
Form 5500 Annual Reporting Requirements Certain employee benefit plans are exempt from the annual reporting
requirements or are eligible for limited reporting options. The major
EBSA, in conjunction with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the classes of plans exempt from filing an annual report or eligible for
PBGC, publishes the Form 5500 Annual Return/Report forms used by limited reporting are described in the Form 5500 instructions.
plan administrators to satisfy various annual reporting obligations
under ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code (Code). The Form 5500 filed by plan administrators and GIAs are due by the
last day of the 7th calendar month after the end of the plan or GIA year
For the 2007 and 2008 plan years, filers will continue to use the ERISA (not to exceed 12 months in length). See the Form 5500 instructions for
Filing Acceptance System (EFAST), unless otherwise directed. There are information on extensions. The Form 5500 filed by DFEs other than
two formats for filing the Form 5500 in EFAST.* The first format, GIAs are due no later than 91/2 months after the end of the DFE year.
“machine print,” is completed using computer software from EFAST-
approved vendors and can be filed electronically or by mail, including Two quick reference charts from the 2008 Form 5500 immediately
certain private delivery services. The other format, “hand print,” may follow this section and describe the basic filing requirements for small
be completed by typewriter, by hand, or by using computer software plans, large plans, and DFEs. The two charts are: Pension and Welfare
from EFAST approved vendors, and may be filed only by mail, includ- Benefit Plan Form 5500 Quick Reference Chart on pages 15 and 16, and
ing certain private delivery services. Beginning in the 2009 reporting DFE Form 5500 Quick Reference Chart on page 17. Check the EFAST
year, Form 5500 filing and processing will be wholly electronic. Filers Internet site at www.efast.dol.gov and the latest Form 5500 instruc-
will be able to complete Form 5500s online using a Web-based interface tions for information on who is required to file, how to complete the
or continue to use third-party developed software. For more informa- forms, when to file, EFAST approved software, and electronic filing
tion about electronic filing under EFAST2, see www.efast.dol.gov. options. Also check the EFAST Internet site for Form 5500s, Schedules,
and Instructions for reporting years prior to 2008, if you are submitting
The Form 5500 filing requirements vary according to the type of filer. a late or amended filing.
There are three general types of filers: small plans (generally plans
with fewer than 100 participants as of the beginning of the plan year);
large plans (generally plans with 100 or more participants as of the Form M-1 Annual Reporting Requirements
beginning of the plan year); and direct filing entities (DFEs). DFEs are
trusts, accounts, and other investment or insurance arrangements that Administrators of multiple employer welfare arrangements (MEWAs)
plans participate in and that are required to or allowed to file the Form and certain other entities that offer or provide coverage for medical
5500 directly with EBSA. These investment and insurance arrange- care to employees of two or more employers are generally required to
ments include master trust investment accounts (MTIAs), common/ file the Form M-1 (Report for Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements
collective trusts (CCTs), pooled separate accounts (PSAs), 103-12 (MEWAs) and Certain Entities Claiming Exception (ECEs)). The Form
investment entities (103-12 IEs), and group insurance arrangements M-1 is filed with EBSA and can be filed online at
(GIAs). MTIAs are the only DFE for which the filing of the Form 5500 is http://www.askebsa.dol.gov/mewa. The Form M-1 is generally
mandatory. Employee benefit plans that participate in CCTs, PSAs, due no later than March 1, following any calendar year for which a
103-12 IEs, and GIAs that file as DFEs are eligible for certain annual filing is required. A quick reference chart on Reporting Requirements for
reporting relief. MEWAs and ECEs is on page 18. Also, check the EBSA Internet site at
www.dol.gov/ebsa for more information on the Form M-1.
*
For plan years and DFE reporting years beginning January 1, 2008, all Forms 5500 Annual Return/Report must be filed electronically. See 71 FR 41359 (July 21, 2006).
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17. 1*
Section 1: Pension and Welfare Benefit Plan Quick Reference Chart: Form 5500, Schedules and Attachments
Large Pension Plan Small Pension Plan Large Welfare Plan Small Welfare Plan
Form 5500 Must complete.2 Must complete. **2 Must complete. Must complete. **3
Schedule A - Must complete if plan has Must complete if plan has Must complete if plan has Must complete if plan has
Insurance Information insurance contracts for benefits insurance contracts for benefits insurance contracts for benefits insurance contracts for
or investments. or investments. or investments. benefits3 or investments.
Schedule C - Must complete if service Not required. Must complete if service Not required.
Service Provider Information provider was paid $5,000 or provider was paid $5,000 or
more or an accountant or more or an accountant or
enrolled actuary was terminated. enrolled actuary was terminated.
Schedule D - Must complete Part I if plan Must complete Part I if plan Must complete Part I if plan Must complete Part I if plan
DFE/Participating Plan participated in a CCT, PSA, participated in a CCT, PSA, participated in a CCT, PSA, participated in a CCT, PSA,
Information MTIA, or 103-12 IE. MTIA, or 103-12 IE. MTIA, or 103-12 IE. MTIA, or 103-12 IE.
Schedule E - Must complete if ESOP. Must complete if ESOP. Not required. Not required.
ESOP Annual Information4
Schedule G - Must complete if Schedule H, Not required. Must complete if Schedule H, Not required.
Financial Transaction line 4b, 4c, or 4d is marked line 4b, 4c, or 4d is marked
Schedules “Yes.”5 “Yes.”5, 6
Schedule H - Must complete.2, 5 Not required. Must complete.5, 7 Not required.
Large Plan and DFE Financial
Information
Schedule I - Not required. Must complete.2 Not required. Must complete.3
Small Plan Financial
Information
Schedule MB - Must complete if a Must complete if a Not required. Not required.
Multiemployer Defined multiemployer defined benefit multiemployer defined benefit
Benefit Plan and Certain plan subject to minimum funding plan subject to minimum funding
Money Purchase Plan standards or a money purchase standards or a money purchase
Actuarial Information defined contribution plan defined contribution plan
(including a target benefit plan) (including a target benefit plan)
that is amortizing a funding that is amortizing a funding
waiver. waiver.
*See footnotes for certain exemptions and other technical requirements. All footnotes for this section are on page 16.
**For the 2007 and 2008 plan years, certain plans with fewer than 25 participants as of the beginning of the plan year may be eligible for a simplified reporting option. Starting with the
2009 plan year, certain plans with fewer than 100 participants as of the beginning of the 2009 plan year may be eligible to use the new Form 5500-SF. See Instructions.
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18. Large Pension Plan Small Pension Plan Large Welfare Plan Small Welfare Plan
Schedule R - Must complete, unless exempt.8 Must complete, unless exempt.8 Not required. Not required.
Retirement Plan Information
Schedule SB - Must complete if a single- Must complete if a single- Not required. Not required.
Single-Employer Defined employer or multiple-employer employer or multiple-employer
Benefit Plan Actuarial defined benefit plan subject to defined benefit plan subject to
Information minimum funding standards. minimum funding standards.
Schedule SSA - Must complete if plan had Must complete if plan had Not required. Not required.
Annual Registration Statement separated participants with separated participants with
Identifying Separated deferred vested benefits to deferred vested benefits to
Participants with Deferred report. report.
Vested Benefits4
Independent Qualified Public Must attach. 2, 9 Not required unless Schedule I, Must attach.7, 9 Not required.
Accountant’s Report line 4k, is checked “No.”9
1
This chart provides only general guidance and not all rules and requirements are reflected. Refer to specific Form 5500 instructions for complete information on filing requirements.
2
Pension plans are exempt from filing any schedules and the independent qualified public accountant’s report if the plan uses a Code section 408 individual retirement account or annuity as
the sole funding vehicle for providing benefits. Pension benefit plans providing benefits exclusively through an insurance contract or contracts that are fully guaranteed and that meet all of
the conditions of 29 § CFR 2520.104-44(b)(2) during the entire plan year are exempt from filing Schedule H, Schedule I, and the independent qualified public accountant’s report. For plan
years prior to those commencing on January 1, 2009, plans funded solely through Code section 403(b)(1) annuity and/or 403(b)(7) custodial accounts are also exempt from filing any
schedules and the independent qualified public accountant’s report. Such plans are not exempt for plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2009.
3
Unfunded, fully insured and combination unfunded/insured welfare plans covering fewer than 100 participants at the beginning of the plan year that meet the requirements of 29 CFR §
2520.104-20 are exempt from filing an annual report.
4
The Schedule E and Schedule SSA are not part of the Form 5500 filing for plan years commencing on or after January 1, 2009. For more information on how to file the information
previously collected on the Schedule SSA (Form 5500) for plan years commencing on or after January 1, 2009, see www.irs.gov.
5
Must also complete schedules of assets and reportable (5 percent) transactions if Schedule H, line 4i or 4j is marked “Yes.”
6
Must complete Schedule G to report any nonexempt transactions even if Schedule H is not required.
7
Unfunded, fully insured and combination unfunded/insured welfare plans covering 100 or more participants at the beginning of the plan year are exempt under 29 CFR § 2520.104-44 from
the accountant’s report requirement and completing Schedule H.
8
Must complete if a defined benefit plan or plan is otherwise subject to the minimum funding standards under Code section 412 or ERISA section 302. See Schedule R instructions for
further explanation and for conditions that exempt a pension plan from filing the Schedule R.
9
For information on the requirements for deferring an accountant’s report pursuant to 29 CFR § 2520.104-50 in connection with a short plan year of 7 months or less and the contents of the
required explanatory statement, see the Form 5500 instructions.
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19. 1
Section 2: DFE Quick Reference Chart: Form 5500, Schedules and Attachments
MTIA CCT or PSA 103-12 IE GIA
Form 5500 Must complete.2 Must complete if filing as a DFE.2 Must complete if filing as a DFE.2 Must complete if filing as a DFE.2
Schedule A - Must complete if MTIA has Not required. Must complete if 103-12 IE has Must complete.
Insurance Information insurance contracts. insurance contracts.
Schedule C - Must complete Part I if service Not required. Must complete Part I if service Must complete Part I if service
Service Provider provider was paid $5,000 or provider was paid $5,000 or provider was paid $5,000 or
Information more. Part II not required. more and Part II if an accountant more and Part II if an
was terminated. accountant was terminated.
Schedule D - List all plans that participated in List all plans that participated in List all plans that participated in List all plans that participated in
DFE/Participating Plan the MTIA in Part II. List all the CCT or PSA in Part II. List all the 103-12 IE in Part II. List all the GIA in Part II. List all
Information CCTs, PSAs, and 103-12 IEs in CCTs, PSAs, and 103-12 IEs in CCTs, PSAs, and 103-12 IEs in CCTs, PSAs and 103-12 IEs in
which the MTIA participated or which the CCT or PSA partici- which the 103-12 IE participated which the GIA participated or
invested during the MTIA year pated or invested during the CCT or invested during the 103-12 IE invested during the GIA year
in Part I. or PSA year in Part I. year in Part I. in Part I.
Schedule G - Must complete if Schedule H, Not required. Must complete if Schedule H, Must complete if Schedule H,
Financial Transaction line 4b, 4c, or 4d is checked line 4b, 4c, or 4d is checked line 4b, 4c, or 4d is checked
Schedules “Yes.” “Yes.” “Yes.”
Schedule H - Must complete Parts I, II, III, Must complete Parts I, II, and III. Must complete Parts I, II, III, Must complete Parts I, II, III,
Large Plan and DFE and IV. Skip Part IV. and IV. and IV.
Financial Information
Schedules of Assets and Must complete if Schedule H, Not required. Must complete Schedules of Must complete if Schedule H,
Reportable (5 percent) line 4i or 4j is checked “Yes.” Assets if Schedule H, line 4i, is line 4i or 4j is checked “Yes.”
Transactions See Schedule H instructions. checked “Yes.” Schedule of See Schedule H instructions.
Reportable (5 percent) Transactions
not required. See Schedule H
instructions.
Independent Qualified Not required. Not required. Must attach. Must attach.
Public Accountant’s Report
1
This chart provides only general guidance and not all rules and requirements are reflected. Refer to specific Form 5500 instructions for complete information on filing require-
ments.
2
An MTIA is the only DFE for which the filing of the Form 5500 is mandatory. Employee benefit plans that participate in CCTs, PSAs, 103-12 IEs, and GIAs that file as DFEs are
eligible for certain annual reporting relief.
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20. 1
Section 3: MEWAs and ECEs Quick Reference Chart: Form M-1
Document Type of Information To Whom When
Form M-1 MEWA or ECE identifying information. EBSA Annual Report: Generally due by
Report for Multiple Employer States in which coverage is provided, March 1st of the year following the
Welfare Arrangements (MEWAs) insurance information, number of calendar year for which report is
and Certain Entities Claiming participants covered, and information required. A 60-day extension is
Exception (ECEs) about compliance with Part 7 of ERISA, available. For ECEs, an annual report is
including any litigation alleging non- required to be filed only if the ECE was
compliance. last originated within 3 years before
annual filing due date.
Administrators of MEWAs and ECEs that
Origination Report: Due within 90 days
offer or provide coverage for medical care
of origination.
to employees of two or more employers
(including one or more self-employed “Origination” generally occurs when:
individuals) are generally required to file (1) the MEWA or ECE first begins
the Form M-1. offering or providing coverage; (2) the
MEWA or ECE begins offering or
An ECE is an entity that claims it is not a providing coverage after a merger
MEWA due to the exception in the (unless all MEWAs or ECEs involved
definition of MEWA for entities that are in the merger were last originated at
established and maintained under or least 3 years prior to the merger); or (3)
pursuant to one or more agreements that the number of employees to which the
the Secretary of Labor finds to be MEWA offers or provides coverage
collective bargaining agreements. For has grown at least 50 percent. There-
more information on this exception, see fore, a MEWA or ECE may be origi-
nated more than once.
29 CFR § 2510.3-40.
1
This chart provides only general guidance and not all rules and requirements are reflected.
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21. EBSA Resources PBGC Resources
For more information about EBSA’s reporting and disclosure requirements, For information about PBGC’s reporting and disclosure requirements,
contact: call 1-800-736-2444 or (202) 326-4242.
U.S. Department of Labor For premium-related questions, send an e-mail to
Employee Benefits Security Administration premiums@pbgc.gov or write to:
200 Constitution Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20210 PBGC
1-866-444-EBSA (3272) Dept. 77840
Web site: www.dol.gov/ebsa P.O. Box 77000
Detroit, MI 48277-0840
For assistance on completing the Form 5500, call the EFAST Help Line at
1-866-463-3278. For questions on standard terminations, send an e-mail to
standard@pbgc.gov or write to:
For assistance on completing the Form M-1, call (202) 693-8360.
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
The following publications may be helpful in providing a more detailed Standard Termination Compliance Division/
explanation on specific subject matter: Processing and Technical Assistance Branch
1200 K St., N.W., Suite 930
An Employer’s Guide to Group Health Continuation Coverage Washington, DC 20005-4026
Under COBRA
For questions on distress terminations and reportable events, send an
Provides a general explanation of the COBRA right to purchase a e-mail to distress.term@pbgc.gov, advance.report@pbgc.gov (for
temporary extension of group health insurance. advance questions), or post-event.report@pbgc.gov (for post-event
questions), or write to:
QDROs: The Division of Retirement Benefits Through
Qualified Domestic Relations Orders Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Dept. of Insurance Supervision and Compliance
Addresses the division of retirement benefits during divorce or 1200 K Street N.W., Suite 270
legal separation. Washington, DC 20005-4026
Compliance Assistance Guide: For additional information, visit PBGC’s Web site: www.pbgc.gov.
Health Benefits Coverage Under Federal Law
Describes the obligations of group health plans and group health
insurance issuers under Part 7 of Title I of ERISA, including provi-
sions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
Also includes sample language that may be used to meet disclosure
requirements.
These and other EBSA publications may be obtained from:
Toll-free number: 1- 866-444-EBSA (3272)
Web site: www.dol.gov/ebsa
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