# § 6058. Information required in connection with certain plans of deferred compensation
**(a)** **In general** Every employer who maintains a pension, annuity, stock bonus, profit-sharing, or other funded plan of deferred compensation described in part I of subchapter D of chapter 1, or the plan administrator (within the meaning of section 414(g)) of the plan, shall file an annual return stating such information as the Secretary may by regulations prescribe with respect to the qualification, financial conditions, and operations of the plan; except that, in the discretion of the Secretary, the employer may be relieved from stating in its return any information which is reported in other returns.
**(b)** **Actuarial statement in case of mergers, etc.** Not less than 30 days before a merger, consolidation, or transfer of assets or liabilities of a plan described in subsection (a) to another plan, the plan administrator (within the meaning of section 414(g)) shall file an actuarial statement of valuation evidencing compliance with the requirements of section 401(a)(12).
**(c)** **Employer** For purposes of this section, the term “employer” includes a person described in section 401(c)(4) and an individual who establishes an individual retirement plan.
**(d)** **Coordination with income tax returns, etc.** An individual who establishes an individual retirement plan shall not be required to file a return under this section with respect to such plan for any taxable year for which there is—
**(1)** no special IRP tax, and
**(2)** no plan activity other than—
**(A)** the making of contributions (other than rollover contributions), and
**(B)** the making of distributions.
**(e)** **Special IRP tax defined** For purposes of this section, the term “special IRP tax” means a tax imposed by—
**(1)** section 4973, or
**(2)** section 4974.
**(f)** **403(b) multiple employer plans treated as one plan** In the case of annuity contracts to which this section applies and to which section 403(b) applies by reason of the plan under which such contracts are purchased meeting the requirements of paragraph (15) thereof, such plan shall be treated as a single plan for purposes of this section.
**(g)** **Cross references** For provisions relating to penalties for failure to file a return required by this section, see section 6652(e).
For coordination between the Department of the Treasury and the Department of Labor with respect to the information required under this section, see section 3004 of title III of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 93–406, title II, § 1031(a), Sept. 2, 1974, 88 Stat. 945; amended Pub. L. 94–455, title XIX, § 1906(b)(13)(A), Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1834; Pub. L. 95–600, title I, § 157(k)(1), Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2809; Pub. L. 98–369, div. A, title IV, § 491(d)(48), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 852; Pub. L. 99–514, title XV, § 1501(d)(1)(D), Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2740; Pub. L. 115–141, div. U, title IV, § 401(a)(264), Mar. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 1197; Pub. L. 117–328, div. T, title I, § 106(c), Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5287.)
## Editorial Notes
### References in Text
Section 3004 of title III of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, referred to in subsec. (g), is classified to , Labor.
### Amendments
2022—Subsecs. (f), (g). added subsec. (f) and redesignated former subsec. (f) as (g).
2018—Subsec. (e). redesignated pars. (2) and (3) as (1) and (2), respectively, and struck out former par. (1) which read as follows: “section 408(f),”.
1986—Subsec. (f). substituted “section 6652(e)” for “section 6652(f)”.
1984—Subsec. (e). struck out par. (2) which included a tax imposed by section 409(c) within term “special IRP tax”, and redesignated pars. (3) and (4) as (2) and (3), respectively.
1978—Subsec. (c). substituted “an individual retirement plan” for “an individual retirement account or annuity described in section 408”.
Subsecs. (d) to (f). added subsecs. (d) and (e) and redesignated former subsec. (d) as (f).
1976—Subsec. (a). struck out “or his delegate” after “Secretary”.
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Effective Date of 2022 Amendment
Amendment by applicable to plan years beginning after , see , set out as a note under .
### Effective Date of 1986 Amendment
Amendment by applicable to returns the due date for which (determined without regard to extensions) is after , see , set out as an Effective Date note under .
### Effective Date of 1984 Amendment
Amendment by applicable to obligations issued after , see , set out as a note under .
### Effective Date of 1978 Amendment
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### Effective Date
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### Updated Forms
> **“(A)** separate reporting of the aggregate amount of contributions received by the plan during the year under section 6433 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by this section), and
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> **“(B)** similar reporting with respect to individual retirement accounts (as defined in section 408 of such Code) and individual retirement annuities (as defined in section 408(b) of such Code).”
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### Combined Annual Report for Group of Plans
> **“(a)** **In General.—** The Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Labor shall, in cooperation, modify the returns required under section 6058 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the reports required by section 104 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1024) so that—
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> **“(1)** all members of a group of plans described in subsection (c) may file a single aggregated annual return or report satisfying the requirements of both such sections; and
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> **“(2)** any opinions required by section 103(a)(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1023(a)(3)) shall relate only to each individual plan which would otherwise be subject to the requirements of such section 103(a)(3).
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> **“(b)** **Administrative Requirements.—** In developing the consolidated return or report under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Labor may require such return or report to include any information regarding each plan in the group as such Secretaries determine is necessary or appropriate for the enforcement and administration of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 [29 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.] and shall require such information as will enable a participant in a plan to identify any aggregated return or report filed with respect to the plan.
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> **“(c)** **Plans Described.—** A group of plans is described in this subsection if all plans in the group—
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> A plan not subject to title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 [29 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.] shall be treated as meeting the requirements of paragraph (2) as part of a group of plans if the same person that performs each of the functions described in such paragraph, as applicable, for all other plans in such group performs each of such functions for such plan.
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> **“(1)** are individual account plans or defined contribution plans (as defined in section 3(34) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1002(34)) or in section 414(i) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986);
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> **“(2)** have—
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> **“(A)** the same trustee (as described in section 403(a) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1103(a)));
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> **“(B)** the same one or more named fiduciaries (as described in section 402(a) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1102(a)));
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> **“(C)** the same administrator (as defined in section 3(16)(A) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1002(16)(A))) and plan administrator (as defined in section 414(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986); and
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> **“(D)** plan years beginning on the same date; and
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> **“(3)** provide the same investments or investment options to participants and beneficiaries.
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> **“(e)** **Effective Date.—** The modification required by subsection (a) shall be implemented not later than January 1, 2022, and shall apply to returns and reports for plan years beginning after December 31, 2021.”
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### Reporting Simplification
> **“(a)** **Simplified Annual Filing Requirement for Owners and Their Spouses.—**
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> **“(1)** **In general.—** The Secretary of the Treasury shall modify the requirements for filing annual returns with respect to one-participant retirement plans to ensure that such plans with assets of $250,000 or less as of the close of the plan year need not file a return for that year.
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> **“(2)** **One-participant retirement plan defined.—** For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘one-participant retirement plan’ means a retirement plan with respect to which the following requirements are met:
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> For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘partner’ includes a 2-percent shareholder (as defined in section 1372(b) of such Code) of an S corporation.
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> **“(A)** on the first day of the plan year—
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> **“(i)** the plan covered only one individual (or the individual and the individual’s spouse) and the individual owned 100 percent of the plan sponsor (whether or not incorporated), or
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> **“(ii)** the plan covered only one or more partners (or partners and their spouses) in the plan sponsor;
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> **“(B)** the plan meets the minimum coverage requirements of section 410(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 without being combined with any other plan of the business that covers the employees of the business;
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> **“(C)** the plan does not provide benefits to anyone except the individual (and the individual’s spouse) or the partners (and their spouses);
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> **“(D)** the plan does not cover a business that is a member of an affiliated service group, a controlled group of corporations, or a group of businesses under common control; and
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> **“(E)** the plan does not cover a business that uses the services of leased employees (within the meaning of section 414(n) of such Code).
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> **“(3)** **Other definitions.—** Terms used in paragraph (2) which are also used in section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall have the respective meanings given such terms by such section.
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> **“(4)** **Effective date.—** The provisions of this subsection shall apply to plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2007.
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> **“(b)** **Simplified Annual Filing Requirement for Plans With Fewer Than 25 Participants.—** In the case of plan years beginning after December 31, 2006, the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Labor shall provide for the filing of a simplified annual return for any retirement plan which covers less than 25 participants on the first day of a plan year and which meets the requirements described in subparagraphs (B), (D), and (E) of subsection (a)(2).”
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