Information Collection

Annual Return/Report of Employee Benefit Plan

IC 40957 under ICR 201803-1545-013 · OMB 1545-1610.

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Documents and Forms

Documents and forms in this information collection
Document Name	Document Type
Form 5500 Annual Return/Report of Employee Benefit Plan Annual Return/Report of Employee Benefit Plan	Form
Form 5500SF Short Form Annual Return/Report of Small Employee Benefit Plan Annual Return/Report of Employee Benefit Plan	Form
Form Sch A (Form 5500) Insurance Information Annual Return/Report of Employee Benefit Plan	Form
Form Sch C (Form 5500) Service Provider Information Annual Return/Report of Employee Benefit Plan	Form
Form Sch D (Form 5500) DFE/Participating Plan Information Annual Return/Report of Employee Benefit Plan	Form
Form Sch G (Form 5500) Financial Transaction Schedules Annual Return/Report of Employee Benefit Plan	Form
Form Sch H (Form 5500) Financial Information Annual Return/Report of Employee Benefit Plan	Form
Form Sch I (Form 5500) Financial InformationSmall Plan Annual Return/Report of Employee Benefit Plan	Form
Form Sch MB (Form 5500) Multiemployer Defined Benefit Plan and Certain Money Purchase Plan Actuarial Information Annual Return/Report of Employee Benefit Plan	Form
Form Sch R (Form 5500) Retirement Plan Information Annual Return/Report of Employee Benefit Plan	Form
Form Sch SB (Form 5500) Single-Employer Defined Benefit Plan Actuarial Information Annual Return/Report of Employee Benefit Plan	Form
Cean 2018 Form 5500 Instructions 030918.doc	Instruction
Clean 2018 Form 5500SF Instructions 030918.doc	Instruction
5500 Annual Return/Report of Employee Benefit Plan 171027 Clean Form 5500SF.docx	Form
5500SF Short Form Annual Return/Report of Small Employee Benefi 171027 Clean Form 5500SF.docx	Form
Sch A (Form 5500) Insurance Information 171027 Clean Sch A.docx	Form
Sch C (Form 5500) Service Provider Information 171027 Clean Sch C.docx	Form
Sch D (Form 5500) DFE/Participating Plan Information 171027 Clean Sch D.docx	Form
Sch G (Form 5500) Financial Transaction Schedules 171027 Clean Sch G.docx	Form
Sch H (Form 5500) Financial Information 171027 Clean Sch H.docx	Form
Sch I (Form 5500) Financial InformationSmall Plan 170203 Clean Sch I.docx	Form
Sch MB (Form 5500) Multiemployer Defined Benefit Plan and Certain Money Pur 171027 Clean Sch MB.docx	Form
Sch R (Form 5500) Retirement Plan Information 171027 Clean Sch R.docx	Form
Sch SB (Form 5500) Single-Employer Defined Benefit Plan Actuarial Informati 171027 Clean Sch SB.docx	Form
IRS 2007-2011, 2013-2017.xlsx 2017 Burden Spreadsheet for 1545-1610	IC Document
IRS 2007-2011, 2013-2018.pdf 2018 Burden estimate	IC Document

Information Collection (IC) Details

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IC Title:

Annual Return/Report of Employee Benefit Plan

Agency IC Tracking Number:

Is this a Common Form? No

IC Status: Modified

Obligation to Respond: Mandatory

CFR Citation:

Information Collection Instruments:

table that charts list of instruments
Document Type	Form No.	Form Name	Instrument File	Available Electronically?	Can Be Submitted Electronically?	Electronic Capability
Form	5500	Annual Return/Report of Employee Benefit Plan	171027 Clean Form 5500SF.docx	Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable
Form	5500SF	Short Form Annual Return/Report of Small Employee Benefit Plan	171027 Clean Form 5500SF.docx	Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable
Form	Sch A (Form 5500)	Insurance Information	171027 Clean Sch A.docx	Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable
Form	Sch C (Form 5500)	Service Provider Information	171027 Clean Sch C.docx	Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable
Form	Sch D (Form 5500)	DFE/Participating Plan Information	171027 Clean Sch D.docx	Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable
Form	Sch G (Form 5500)	Financial Transaction Schedules	171027 Clean Sch G.docx	Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable
Form	Sch H (Form 5500)	Financial Information	171027 Clean Sch H.docx	Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable
Form	Sch I (Form 5500)	Financial InformationÂSmall Plan	170203 Clean Sch I.docx	Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable
Form	Sch MB (Form 5500)	Multiemployer Defined Benefit Plan and Certain Money Purchase Plan Actuarial Information	171027 Clean Sch MB.docx	Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable
Form	Sch R (Form 5500)	Retirement Plan Information	171027 Clean Sch R.docx	Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable
Form	Sch SB (Form 5500)	Single-Employer Defined Benefit Plan Actuarial Information	171027 Clean Sch SB.docx	Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable
Instruction			Cean 2018 Form 5500 Instructions 030918.doc	Yes	Yes	Printable Only
Instruction			Clean 2018 Form 5500SF Instructions 030918.doc	Yes	No	Printable Only

Federal Enterprise Architecture Business Reference Module

Line of Business: General Government

Subfunction: Taxation Management

Privacy Act System of Records

Title:

FR Citation:

Number of Respondents: 833,000

Number of Respondents for Small Entity: 650,000

Affected Public: Private Sector

Private Sector: Businesses or other for-profits

Percentage of Respondents Reporting Electronically: 99 %

table that charts list of burden
	Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Agency Estimate	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses for this IC	833,000	5,000	828,000
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)	339,000	1,000	338,000
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)	132,661,000	-4,468,000	137,129,000

Documents for IC

table that charts IC Documents
Title	Document	Date Uploaded
2017 Burden Spreadsheet for 1545-1610	IRS 2007-2011, 2013-2017.xlsx	03/16/2017
2018 Burden estimate	IRS 2007-2011, 2013-2018.pdf	03/26/2018

Blank fields in records indicate information that was not collected or not collected electronically prior to July 2006.