On May 20, 2022, the IRS, DOL and PBGC (the agencies) released a final rule announcing changes to the Form 5500 and Form 5500-SF and related instructions. These changes will go into effect for the 2022 annual reports. (Remember that Forms 5500 are due by the end of the seventh month after the end of the plan year.)
The changes to the forms and instructions mostly implement annual reporting changes for defined benefit plans. Specifically, the agencies are adding new questions and revising existing questions on Schedules MB (Multiemployer Defined Benefit Plan and Certain Money Purchase Plan Actuarial Information), SB (Single-Employer Defined Benefit Plan Actuarial Information), and R (Retirement Plan Information). They are also modifying the contribution and benefit attachments required to accompany the filings.
The final rule also adds new characteristic code options to be reported on line 8 of Form 5500 and line 9 of Form 5500-SF, which report data on defined contribution multiple employer plans, including pooled employer plans. The instructions will also be amended to request additional plan sponsor and plan administrator information on Part II of Form 5500 and Form 5500-SF.
The notice provides illustrations of the changes to the forms and instructions. Advance copies of the 2022 forms will go out later this year after the agencies have published a third notice addressing other necessary revisions.
Sponsors of retirement plans should be aware of the upcoming changes to Form 5500.
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