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29 CFR § 2520.104a-5 - Annual reporting filing requirements.

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title: "29 CFR § 2520.104a-5 - Annual reporting filing requirements."
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "2520.104a-5"
section_name: "Annual reporting filing requirements."
chapter_name: "EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "REPORTING AND DISCLOSURE UNDER THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974"
part_number: "2520"
part_name: "RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR REPORTING AND DISCLOSURE"
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authority: "29 U.S.C. 1021-1025, 1027, 1029-31, 1059, 1134 and 1135; and Secretary of Labor's Order 1-2011, 77 FR 1088 (Jan. 9, 2012). Sec. 2520.101-2 also issued under 29 U.S.C. 1132, 1181-1183, 1181 note, 1185, 1185a-b, 1191, and 1191a-c. Sec. 2520.101-5 also issued under 29 U.S.C. 1021(f). Sec. 2520.101-6 also issued under 29 U.S.C. 1021(k). Sec. 2520.103-13 also issued under 29 U.S.C. 1023. Secs. 2520.102-3, 2520.104b-1, 2520.104b-3, and 2520.104b-31 also issued under 29 U.S.C. 1003, 1181-1183, 1181 note, 1185, 1185a-b, 1191, and 1191a-c. Secs. 2520.104b-1 and 2520.107 also issued under 26 U.S.C. 401 note, 111 Stat. 788."
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# 2520.104a-5 Annual reporting filing requirements.

(a) *Filing obligation.* Except as provided in §§ 2520.104a-6 and 2520.104a-9, the administrator of an employee benefit plan required to file an annual report pursuant to section 104(a)(1) of the Act shall file an annual report containing the items prescribed in § 2520.103-1 within:

(1) [Reserved]

(2) Seven months after the close of any plan year which begins after December 31, 1975, unless extended. See “When to file” instructions of the appropriate Annual Return/Report Form.

(b) *Where to file.* The annual report described in § 2520.103-1 shall be filed in accordance with and at the address provided in the instructions to the Annual Return/Report Form.

[43 FR 10152, Mar. 10, 1978; 43 FR 14010, Apr. 4, 1978; 67 FR 777, Jan. 7, 2002; 88 FR 11812, Feb. 24, 2023]