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IC Title:
Annual Information Return/Report of Employee Benefit Plan
Agency IC Tracking Number:
Is this a Common Form?
No
IC Status:
Modified
Obligation to Respond:
Mandatory
CFR Citation:
29 CFR 2520.103-1
Information Collection Instruments:
Document Type
Form No.
Form Name
Instrument File
URL
Available Electronically?
Can Be Submitted Electronically?
Electronic Capability
Instruction
2017 Form 5500 Instructions CLEAN 032317.doc
Yes
Yes
Fillable Fileable
Instruction
2017 Form 5500SF Instruction CLEAN 032317.doc
Yes
Yes
Fillable Fileable
Form
Form 5500
Annual Return/Report of Employee Benefit Plan
170203 Clean Form 5500.docx
Yes
Yes
Fillable Fileable Signable
Form
Form 5500-SF
Short Form Annual Return/Report of Small Employee Benefit Plan
170203 Clean Form 5500SF.docx
Yes
Yes
Fillable Fileable Signable
Form
Form 5500 Schedule A
Insurance Information
170203 Clean Sch A.docx
Yes
Yes
Fillable Fileable Signable
Form
Form 5500 Schedule C
Service Provider Information
170203 Clean Sch C.docx
Yes
Yes
Fillable Fileable Signable
Form
Form 5500 Schedule D
DFE/Participating Plan Information
170203 Clean Sch D.docx
Yes
Yes
Fillable Fileable Signable
Form
Form 5500 Schedule G
Financial Transaction Schedules
170203 Clean Sch G.docx
Yes
Yes
Fillable Fileable Signable
Form
Form 5500 Schedule H
Financial Information
170203 Clean Sch H.docx
Yes
Yes
Fillable Fileable Signable
Form
Form 5500 Schedule I
Financial Information--Small Plans
170203 Clean Sch I.docx
Yes
Yes
Fillable Fileable Signable
Form
Form 5500 Schedule MB
Multiemployer Defined Benefit Plans and Certain Money Purchase Plan Actuarial Information
170203 Clean Sch MB.docx
Yes
Yes
Fillable Fileable Signable
Form
Form 5500 Schedule SB
Single-Employer Defined Benefit Plan Actuarial Information
170203 Clean Sch SB.docx
Yes
Yes
Fillable Fileable Signable
Form
Form 5500 Schedule R
Retirement Plan Information
170203 Clean Sch R.docx
Yes
Yes
Fillable Fileable Signable
Federal Enterprise Architecture Business Reference Module
Line of Business:
Income Security
Subfunction:
General Retirement and Disability
Privacy Act System of Records
Title:
FR Citation:
Number of Respondents:
828,000
Number of Respondents for Small Entity:
669,000
Affected Public:
Private Sector
Private Sector:
Businesses or other for-profits
Percentage of Respondents Reporting Electronically:
100 %
Approved
Program Change Due to New Statute
Program Change Due to Agency Discretion
Change Due to Adjustment in Agency Estimate
Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses for this IC
828,000
0
0
22,000
0
806,000
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)
583,000
0
0
33,000
0
550,000
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)
266,073,000
0
0
33,193,001
0
232,879,999
Documents for IC
Title
Document
Date Uploaded
Form 5500 Instructions (Red Line)
2017 Form 5500 Instructions RLSO 032317.doc
03/28/2017
Form 5500-SF Instructions (Red Line)
2017 Form 5500SF Instruction RLSO 032317.doc
03/28/2017
Form 5500 (Red Line)
170203 RLSO Form 5500.docx
03/28/2017
Form 5500-SF (Red Line)
170203 RLSO Form 5500SF.docx
03/28/2017
Schedule A (Red Line)
170203 RLSO Sch A.docx
03/28/2017
Schedule C (Red Line)
170203 RLSO Sch C.docx
03/28/2017
Schedule D (Red Line)
170203 RLSO Sch D.docx
03/28/2017
Schedule G (Red Line)
170203 RLSO Sch G.docx
03/28/2017
Schedule H (Red Line)
170203 RLSO Sch H.docx
03/28/2017
Schedule I (Red Line)
170203 RLSO Sch I.docx
03/28/2017
Schedule MB (Red Line)
170203 RLSO Sch MB.docx
03/28/2017
Schedule SB (Red Line)
170203 RLSO Sch SB.docx
03/28/2017
Schedule R (Red Line)
170203 RLSO Sch R.docx
03/28/2017
Blank fields in records indicate information that was not collected or not collected electronically prior to July 2006.