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IRS Request for Comments on Proposed Revisions to Filing Process for Form 5500-EZ

The IRS is soliciting comments concerning the Annual Return/Report of Employee Benefit Plan. The Form 5500 and Form 5500-SF are currently filed electronically through the web-based EFAST2 system. The Form 5500-EZ is currently filed on paper with the IRS or by answering a subset of questions on the Form 5500-SF, which is then filed electronically through EFAST2. The IRS plans to make the Form 5500-EZ available on the EFAST2 system for direct electronic filing instead of using Form 5500-SF. The Form 5500-EZ will also be subsumed under the OMB number for the Form 5500 and Form 5500-SF as a separate collection. The Form 5500-EZ would still be available to be filed on paper with the IRS.

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/05/08/2019-09389/proposed-collection-comment-request-for-the-annual-returnreport-of-employee-benefit-plan