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OMB Control No: 1545-1610	ICR Reference No: 202511-1545-009
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202504-1545-007
Agency/Subagency: TREAS/IRS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Annual Return/Report of Employee Benefit Plan
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 08/05/2026
	Date Received in OIRA: 05/29/2026
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	08/31/2029	36 Months From Approved	08/31/2026
Responses	1,694,075	0	1,471,958
Time Burden (Hours)	4,019,260	0	2,138,922
Cost Burden (Dollars)	486,973,565	0	0

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 4

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Annual Return/Report of Employee Benefit Plan	Schedule C (Form 5500), Schedule G (Form 5500), Schedule H (Form 5500), Schedule I (Form 5500), Schedule MB (Form 5500), Schedule R (Form 5500), Schedule SB (Form 5500), Schedule MEP (Form 5500), Schedule DCG, 5500, Schedule D (Form 5500), 5500 SF, Schedule A (Form 5500)	, , , , , , , , , , , ,
Form 5500-EZ - Paper	5500-EZ
Form 5558 - E-File	5558
Form 5558 - Paper	5558

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	1,694,075	1,471,958	222,117
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	4,019,260	2,138,922	1,880,338
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	486,973,565	0	486,973,565

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: There were no changes made to the forms that resulted in any change to the burden previously reported to OMB. However, the IRS updated the number of responses based on current filing data (including the online enrollment data). This increases the estimated annual responses to 1,694,075 (an increase of 222,117 from the previously approved 1,471,958). The change in estimated responses results in an overall hourly burden increase of 1,880,338 and current burden estimate is 4,019,260 hours as the previously approved was 2,138,922 hours, annual cost burden of $486,973,565 added to ICR summary of burden to reflect cost.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $7,234,253

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Joshua Miller 615 250-5252

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