Employer ID number

[Guest Moira]

I have just discovered that a plan I'm taking over has filed his Form 5500s for at least the past 3 years with an incorrect employer id number. Can I just file the 2005 version with the "old" employer id number and use question 4 of the Form 5500 to change it to the correct employer id number? Opinions?

Thanks.

[Bird]

If you mean file it under the correct ("new"?) number and reference the incorrect ("old"?) number in Q 4, yes, that's all I'd do.

[Guest Moira]

If you mean file it under the correct ("new"?) number and reference the incorrect ("old"?) number in Q 4, yes, that's all I'd do.

Yes, that's it. Thanks!