Approved. IRS and DOL shall modify the instructions pertaining to two questions (designated by the Form 5500 C/R question number), which are asked in both forms 5500 and 5500 C/R, to: 1) clarify that question 29j on whether 20 percent of plan assets were in a single investment applies to certificates of deposit and other traditional bank deposits and 2) provide explicit guidance for questions 12c and 15a concerning the correct response if these questions do not apply to the plan. These changes have been made in response to public comment. You may omit printing the expiration date on the forms in this request for review. Also, you may omit printing the expiration date on prior versions of the form.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
12/31/1993
12/31/1993
11/30/1991
1,845,044
0
1,838,044
32,319,444
0
31,801,393
0
0
0
FORMS LISTED IN ITEM 4 ARE ANNUAL INFORMATION RETURNS FILED BY EMPLOYE BENEFIT PLANS. THE IRS USES THIS DATA TO DETERMINE IF THE PLAN APPEAR TO BE OPERATING PROPERLY AS REQUIRED UNDER THE LAW OR WHETHER THE PLAN SHOULD BE AUDITED.
5500, 5500-C/R, FORM 5500:, SCHED. B, SCHED. E, SCHED. P
Total Approved
Previously Approved
Change Due to New Statute
Change Due to Agency Discretion
Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses
1,845,044
1,838,044
0
-1,580
8,580
0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)
32,319,444
31,801,393
0
-116,935
634,986
0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)
0
0
0
0
0
0
No
Yes
$0
No
No
Uncollected
Uncollected
Uncollected
Uncollected
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
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(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
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