Failure to file 5500

[Guest moltengater]

How can I determine if an employer has ever filed a form 5500? Is there a simple way to do this?

[JanetM]

This may be a simple answer........ but did you ask them?

Did you look on Freeerisa?

[Guest moltengater]

They asked me - They recently fired the guy who was in charge & the new person was going through does not believe - but is not sure - if anything was ever filed - they have other corporate filing issues as well. I could not locate any on FreeERISA and was wondering if there was any other outlet.

[wmyer]

There is -- call 1-877-711-9682, choose option #1 and provide the 9-digit EIN, 4-digit filing year and 3-digit plan number. I haven't tried this recently, but it used to work, anyway.

[KateSmithPA]

I, too, am trying to determine if a plan has ever filed a 5500. The plan was effective 1994. The client has no idea. I have called EBSA and have checked FREEERISA.com, neither of which has any mention of the plan. I tried the phone number listed in the above post by wmyer, but that number does not work.

Should I assume the plan has never filed, or is there some other place I should look?

Thank you.

[Guest Bob K]

You may want to contact the DOL Public Disclosure Room at (202)693-8673.

I recently attended a webcast on Form 5500 and this was the # that was given to us. The speaker said you can find out if the 5500 was filed here. You will need the EIN, Plan # and Plan Name.

Hope this helps.

Bob

[KateSmithPA]

Bob K. Thank you for the response. That was the number I had called previously when I called the EBSA. I guess I am going to have to conclude that this plan has never had a 5500 filed for it, as hard as that is considering how long the plan has been in existence.

[maverick]

I found a new number on the EBSA website -- 866.463.3278 (EFAST help line). Call and select option 3. You are prompted for:

1) 9 digit employer ID

2) 3 digit plan ID

3) 4 digit year in which the plan year ended

Worked great, too bad the response was not what I wanted to hear (someone "forgot" to file a 5500 for the plan year ending 6/30/04).

[KateSmithPA]

Maverick:

Thank you very much. I tried it and it did work well. Unfortunately, I also got disappointing information.

Thanks again for your help. I will add that number to our resource list.

By the way, loved your tv program.

[maverick]

KateSmithPA:

Maverick username selected because I was in the process of restoring a 1970 Ford Maverick. After I went through the car from the gas cap to the radiator ($$$), it still rode like a truck. Decided I'd stick with new cars.

[Guest gilast]

Moltengater,

The best way to find what years form 5500 are filed are as follopws:

1. Dial 1-866-463-3278

2. Press 2 - For general inquiry question

3. Press 3 - For customer service representative

Give your EIN to service rep and ask what years form 5500 are filed for this account. They will tell you whatever they can read from their computer screen.