Session 3 FORM 5500 AND EBP FS PREPARATION TIPS, TRICKS...

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FORM 5500 AND EBP FSPREPARATION TIPS, TRICKS

& PITFALLS Michelle Brumfield, CPA

Director

Session 3

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Course Objective

After completing this session, participants will be able to: Apply tips, tricks and pitfalls in preparing and

reviewing Form 5500 and the financial statements. Be able to reconcile between the Form 5500 and the

financial statements of an employee benefit plan.

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Outline

Purpose of Form 5500 Form 5500 Series Form 5500 and its Schedules Form 5500 and the Financial Statements Tips and Tricks

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What is the Purpose of Form 5500?

Compliance, research, and disclosure tool

Disclosure document

Source of information

Part of ERISA's overall reporting and disclosure framework

Access to sufficient information

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Form 5500 Series

Form 5500: Annual report of EE Benefit Plan Form 5500-SF: Annual report of Small EE Benefit Plan

(fewer than 100 participants at the beginning of the year) Form 5500-EZ: One participant or a foreign plan (no

filing is required if plan assets are less than $250k at the end of the plan year).

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Form 5500 SF

The Form 5500-SF is a simplified annual reporting form for use by certain small pension and welfare benefit plans. To be eligible to use the Form 5500-SF, the plan must:

• Be a small plan • Not subject to audit• Secure investments with a readily determinable fair value, • Hold no employer securities, • Not be a multiemployer plan and, • Not be required to file a Form M-1

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Form 5500-SF

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Form 5500-SF

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Form 5500-SF

Form 5500 EZ

Form 5500-EZ: One participant or a foreign plan (no filing is required if plan assets are less than $250k at the end of the plan year).

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Form 5500-EZ

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Form 5500-EZ

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Form 5500

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Form 5500

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Schedule A

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Schedule A

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Schedule A

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Schedule A

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Schedule SB

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Schedule SB

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Schedule MB

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Schedule MB

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Schedule MB

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Schedule C

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Schedule C

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Schedule C

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Schedule D

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Schedule H

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Schedule H

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Schedule H

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Schedule H

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Schedule I

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Schedule I

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Schedule R

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Schedule R

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Schedule R

Form 5500 and its Schedules

Form 5500, Form 5500-SF, Form 5500-EZ

Schedule A – Insurance Information

Schedule SB / MB – Actuarial Information

Schedule C – Service Provider Information

Schedule D – DFE Information

Schedule H / I – Financial Information

Schedule R – Retirement Plan Information

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Form 5500 and the Financial Statements

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Form 5500 and the Financial Statements

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Form 5500 and the Financial Statements (cont.…)

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Form 5500 and the Financial Statements (cont.…)

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Form 5500 and the Financial Statements (cont.…)

Tips, Tricks and Pitfalls

Extension box

EIN and Plan number

Change of EIN and Line 4

Codes on line 8a and the plan provisions

Insurance information on Sch. A, Sch. D and Sch.. H

Termination of Auditors and/or Actuary on Sch. C part III

DFE information on Sch. D vs Sch. H

Contribution information on Sch. SB and Financial Statements

Sch. H and financial statements reconciliation

Auditor’s information on Sch. H part III

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Useful Links

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Form 5500 Instructions (PDF)https://www.dol.gov/sites/default/files/ebsa/employers-and-advisers/plan-administration-and-compliance/reporting-and-filing/form-5500/2016-instructions.pdf

EFAST2http://www.efast.dol.gov

Search for a submitted Form 5500

http://www.efast.dol.gov/portal/app/disseminate?execution=e1s1

Questions?

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Speaker Contact Information

Name: Michelle Brumfield, CPATel: 713.968.1655, E-mail: MBrumfield@mjlm.com

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