Form 5558

[Guest charan]

Does any one here see any problems with doing the following:

{Assumptions: 12/31/2001 plan year end, single employer filing}

1. File Form 5558 on (say) 7/9/2002.

2. File Form 5500 on 7/25/2002 without attaching a copy of the the extension, since filing is timely (by 7/31/2002).

In other words, must the Form 5558 be attached to the Form 5500 filing even if the filing was (eventually) timely?

[Blinky the 3-eyed Fish]

You would not have to attach the 5558 in the case of a timely filing. In fact our software system would give you an error if you checked that an extension was attached before the first filing due date.