Form 5500 Filing Simplification Act
Reported from committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- Reported from committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 12
- Latest action
- May 21, 2026
What it does
The Form 5500 Filing Simplification Act would amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to change the deadline for filing Form 5500 from within 210 days after the close of the plan year to not later than 15 days after the end of the 9th calendar month following the plan year’s close, with extensions allowed for disasters or similar events. It would also require the Treasury, Labor, and PBGC to modernize filing systems to allow electronic signatures on Form 5500 and related reports, and direct the Secretary of Labor to issue necessary regulations. The changes would apply to plan years ending on or after the Act’s enactment and affect employee benefit plan administrators,…
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