29 C.F.R. § 2520.104-41 Simplified annual reporting requirements for plans with fewer than 100 participants.
Title 29 - Labor
(a) General. (1) Under the authority of section 104(a)(2)(A), the Secretary of Labor may prescribe simplified annual reporting for employee pension benefit plans with fewer than 100 participants. (2) Under the authority of section 104(a)(3), the Secretary of Labor may provide a limited exemption for any employee welfare benefit plan with respect to certain annual reporting requirements. (b) Application. The administrator of an employee pension or welfare benefit plan which covers fewer than 100 participants at the beginning of the plan year and the administrator of an employee pension or welfare benefit plan described in §2520.103–1(d) may file the simplified annual report described in paragraph (c) of this section in lieu of the annual report described in §2520.103–1(b). (c) Contents. The administrator of an employee pension or welfare benefit plan described in paragraph (b) of this section shall file, in the manner prescribed in §2520.104a–5, a completed Form 5500 “Annual Return/Report of Employee Benefit Plan,” including any required schedules or statements prescribed by the instructions to the form, and, unless waived by §2520.104–46, a report of an independent qualified public accountant meeting the requirements of §2520.103–1(b). [43 FR 10150, Mar. 10, 1978, as amended at 45 FR 51446, Aug. 1, 1980; 54 FR 8629, Mar. 1, 1989; 65 FR 21084, Apr. 19, 2000; 65 FR 62973, Oct. 19, 2000]
Title 29: Labor
PART 2520—RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR REPORTING AND DISCLOSURE
Subpart D—Provisions Applicable to Both Reporting and Disclosure Requirements
§ 2520.104-41 Simplified annual reporting requirements for plans with fewer than 100 participants.
