You can use the ERISA Public Disclosure System to find a Schedule SB or Schedule MB filed as part of a pension plan’s annual Form 5500 financial report. The Schedule SB is filed by single employer plans and the Schedule MB by multiemployer plans. The schedules include technical data about whether, according to the plan’s actuary, a plan has enough funds to pay promised benefits and is complying with the funding rules under federal pension law.
Information about 401(k) plans and other individual account retirement plans is not on this system. For more information about types of plans, see the EBSA publication What You Should Know About Your Retirement Plan.
You can use this system to get a Schedule SB or MB for 2008 and later plan years. You can search for a plan by plan name, employer identification number (EIN), plan number (PN), plan year, and type of schedule. The search works best when you enter data into more than one field.
Copies of the full Form 5500, and actuarial schedules for prior years, are available from EBSA’s Public Disclosure Room at 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Room N-1513, Washington, DC 20210, or by calling 202.693.8673.
Plan Name – The Plan Name field allows you to locate actuarial
information using the official name of the pension plan. If you are
looking for a particular plan and don't know the EIN, you should enter
the plan name into the Plan Name field. Usually the plan name is
comprised of the employer name and the type of plan. For example, you
can enter the words Widget Factory 401K. If the exact plan name is not
known, use the (*) wildcard in your search. For example, entering
*Widget* will show actuarial information for all plans named with the
word "Widget".
Plan Year – The plan year field allows you to select the year for
which the Schedule MB or SB was filed as part of the plan's Form 5500
return/report. For example, if you want the Schedule SB for a single
employer plan filed for the plan's 2008 plan year, you would select
"2008" in the drop-down Plan Year field. Form 5500
returns/reports are required to be filed annually by plan
administrators. Currently, the only Form 5500 actuarial data currently
available is for Plan Year 2008. Plan Year 2009 Form 5500 returns/report
actuarial information will be added in the future.
EIN – The Employer Identification Number (EIN) is a nine-digit
number assigned to the employer or plan sponsor by the IRS. If you know
the EIN, enter that into the EIN field. Leading zeros are not required.
For example, entering 012345678 will provide the same results as
entering 12345678. Entering the EIN is the easiest way to locate plans.
For each EIN, there may be one or more plans associated with that
employer or pension plan sponsor.
PN (Plan Number) – The Plan Number (PN) is a three-digit number
assigned to a plan by the employer or plan sponsor and is used to
identify a particular plan. If there are many plans for an employer or
plan sponsor, you can enter the plan number in the PN field to narrow
your search.
Date Posted – The Date Posted fields query on the dates that
pension plan actuarial information was made available on this website.
For example, if you wanted to see all pension plan actuarial information
made available on this website during the month of April 2008 you would
enter 04/01/2008 to 04/30/2008.
Schedule – This field allows you to select a particular actuarial
schedule that pension plan sponsors/administrators have submitted with
their Form 5500 return/report. Choices include Schedule SB (Single
Employer Defined Benefit Plan Actuarial Information (includes
multiple-employer information)), Schedule MB (Multiemployer Defined
Benefit Plan and Certain Money Purchase Plan Actuarial Information), and
Other.
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