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Form 5500 Codes and Legends

2004-2008 Codes

Pension Form 5500

Defined Benefit Pension Features Code
Benefits are primarily pay related 1A
Benefits are primarily flat dollar (includes dollars per year of service) 1B
Cash balance or similar plan - Plan has a "cash balance" formula. For this purpose, a "cash balance" formula is a benefit formula in a defined benefit plan by whatever name (e.g., personal account plan, pension equity plan, life cycle plan, cash account plan, etc.) that rather than, or in addition to, expressing the accrued benefit as a life annuity commencing at normal retirement age, defines benefits for each employee in terms more common to a defined contribution plan such as a single sum distribution amount (e.g., 10 percent of final average pay times years of service, or the amount of the employee's hypothetical account balance). 1C
Floor-offset plan - Plan benefits are subject to offset for retirement benefits provided by an employer-sponsored defined contribution plan. 1D
Code section 401(h) arrangement - Plan contains separate accounts under Code section 401(h) to provide employee health benefits. 1E
Code section 414(k) arrangement - Benefits are based partly on the balance of the separate account of the participant (also include appropriate defined contribution pension feature codes). 1F
Covered by PBGC - Plan is covered under the PBGC insurance program (see ERISA section 4021). 1G
Plan covered by PBGC that was terminated and closed out for PBGC purposes - Before the end of the plan year (or a prior plan year), (1) the plan terminated in a standard (or distress) termination and completed the distribution of plan assets in satisfaction of all benefit liabilities (or all ERISA Title IV benefits for distress termination); or (2) a trustee was appointed for a terminated plan pursuant to ERISA section 4042. 1H
Frozen Plan - As of the last day of the plan year, the plan provides that no participant will get any new benefit accrual (whether because of service or compensation). 1I
 
Defined Contribution Pension Features Code
Age/Service Weighted or New Comparability or Similar Plan - Age/Service Weighted Plan: Allocations are based on age, service, or age and service. New Comparability or Similar Plan: Allocations are based on participant classifications and a classification(s) consists entirely or predominantly of highly compensated employees; or the plan provides an additional allocation rate on compensation above a specified threshold, and the theshold or additional rate allowed under the permitted disparity rules of section 401(l) 2A
Target benefit plan 2B
Money purchase (other than target benefit) 2C
Offset plan - Plan benefits are subject to offset for retirement benefits provided in another plan or arrangement of the employer. 2D
Profit-sharing 2E
ERISA section 404(c) Plan - This plan, or any part of it is intended to meet the conditions of 29 CFR 2550.404c-1. 2F
Total participant-directed account plan - Participants have the opportunity to direct the investment of all the assets allocated to their individual accounts, regardless of whether 29 CFR 2550.404c-1 is intended to be met. 2G
Partial participant-directed account plan - Participants have the opportunity to direct the investment of a portion of the assets allocated to their individual accounts, regardless of whether 29 CFR 2550.404c-1 is intended to be met. 2H
Stock bonus 2I
Code section 401(k) feature - A cash or deferred arrangement described in Code section 401(k) that is part of a qualified defined contribution plan that provides for an election by employees to defer part of their compensation or receive these amounts in cash. 2J
Code section 401(m) arrangement - Employee contributions are allocated to separate accounts under the plan or employer contributions are based, in whole or in part, on employee deferrals or contribtions to the plan. Not applicable if plan is 401(k) plan with only QNECs and/or QMACs. Also not applicable if Code section 403(b)(1), 403(b)(7) or 408 arrangements/accounts/annuities. 2K
Code section 403(b)(1) arrangement - See Limited Pension Plan Reporting instructions for Code section 403(b)(1) arrangements for certain exempt organizations. 2L
Code section 403(b)(7) accounts - See Limited Pension Plan Reporting instructions for Code section 403(b)(7) custodial accounts for regulated investment company stock for certain exempt organizations. 2M
Code section 408 accounts and annuities - See Limited Pension Plan Reporting instructions for pension plan utilizing individual Code section 408 retirement accounts or annuities as the funding vehicle for providing benefits. 2N
ESOP other than a leveraged ESOP - A completed Schedule E must be attached to a Form 5500 filed for an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). 2O
Leveraged ESOP - An ESOP that acquires employer securities with borrowed money or other debt-financing techniques. A completed Schedule E must be attached to a Form 5500 filed for an ESOP. 2P
The employer maintaining this ESOP is an S Corporation 2Q
Participant-directed brokerage accounts provided as an investment option under the plan. 2R
 
Other Pension Benefit Features Code
Non-U.S. plan - Pension plan maintained outside the United States primarily for nonresident aliens. 3A
Plan covering Self-Employed individuals. 3B
Plan not intended to be qualified - A plan not intended to be qualified under Code sections 401, 403, or 408. 3C
Master plan - A pension plan that is made available by a sponsor for adoption by employers; that is the subject of a favorable opinion letter; and for which a single funding medium (for example, a trust or custodial account) is established for the joint use of all adopting employers. 3D
Prototype plan - A pension plan that is made available by a sponsor for adoption by employers; that is the subject of a favorable opinion or notification letter; and under which a seperate funding medium (for example, a seperate trust or custodial account) is established for the use of each adopting employer. 3E
Plan sponsor(s) received services of leased employees, as defined in Code section 414(n), during the plan year. 3F
One-participant plan - A plan without employees as defined in 29 CFR 2510.3-3(b). 3G
Plan sponsor(s) is (are) a member(s) of a controlled group (Code sections 414(b), (c), or (m)). 3H
Plan requiring that all or part of employer contributions be invested and held, at least for a limited period, in employer securities. 3I
U.S.-based plan that covers residents of Puerto Rico and is qualified under both Code section 401 and section 8565 of the Puerto Rico Code. 3J

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Pension Schedule B

Mortality Table Code
1951 Group Annuity 1
1971 Group Annuity Mortality (G.A.M.) 2
1971 Individual Annuity Mortality (I.A.M.) 3
UP-1984 4
1983 I.A.M. 5
1983 G.A.M. 6
1983 G.A.M. (solely per Rev. Rul. 95-28) 7
UP-1994 8 8
Other 9
None 0
 
Type of Amortization Base Code
Experience gain or loss 1
Shortfall gain or loss 2
Change in unfunded liability due to plan amendment 3
Change in unfunded liability due to change in actuarial assumptions 4
Change in unfunded liability due to change in actuarial cost method 5
Waiver of the minimum funding standard 6
Switchback from alternative funding standard account 7
Initial unfunded liability (for new plan) 8
155% current liability full funding limitation base 9
 
Code Method or Rule Code
Shortfall method 1
Alternative funding standard account (AFSA) 2
Shortfall method used with AFSA 3
Plan is in reorganization status 4
Shortfall method used when in reorganization status 5

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Welfare Form 5500

Welfare Benefit Features Code
Health (other than dental or vision) 4A
Life insurance 4B
Supplemental unemployment 4C
Dental 4D
Vision 4E
Temporary disability (accident and sickness) 4F
Prepaid legal 4G
Long-term disability 4H
Severance pay 4I
Apprenticeship and training 4J
Scholarship (funded) 4K
Death benefits (include travel accident but not life insurance) 4L
Taft-Hartley Financial Assistance for Employees Housing Expenses 4P
Other 4Q
Unfunded, fully insured, or combination unfunded/insured welfare plan that will not file a Form 5500 for next plan year pursuant to 29 CFR 2520.104-20. 4R
Unfunded, fully insured, or combination unfunded/insured welfare plan that stopped filing form 5500s in an earlier plan year pursuant to 29 CFR 2520.104-20. 4S
10 or more employer plan under Code section 419A(f)(6). 4T
Collectively bargained welfare benefit arrangement under Code section 419A(f)(5). 4U

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Schedule A

Type of Organization Code
Banking, Savings & Loan Association, Credit Union or other similar financial institution 1
Trust Company 2
Insurance Agent or Broker 3
Agent or Broker other than insurance 4
Third party administrator 5
Investment Company/Mutual Fund 6
Investment Manager/Adviser 7
Labor Union 8
Foreign entity (e.g., an agent or broker, bank, insurance company, etc., not operating within the jurisdictional boundaries of the United States) 9
Other 0

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Schedule C

Service Code
Accounting (including auditing) 10
Actuarial 11
Contract Administrator 12
Administration 13
Brokerage (real estate) 14
Brokerage (stocks, bonds, commodities) 15
Computing, tabulating, ADP, etc. 16
Consulting (general) 17
Custodial (securities) 18
Insurance agents and brokers 19
Investment advisory 20
Investment management 21
Legal 22
Printing and duplicating 23
Recordkeeping 24
Trustee (individual) 25
Trustee (corporate) 26
Pension insurance advisor 27
Valuation services (appraisals, asset valuations, etc.) 28
Investment evaluations 29
Medical 30
Legal services to participants 31
Other (specify) 99

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Schedule D

Type of entity Enter in (d)
Master Trust Investment Account (MTIA) M
Common/Collective Trust (CCT) C
Pooled Separate Account (PSA) P
Group Insurance Arrangement G
Investment Entity (103-12 IE) E

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2003 Codes

Pension Form 5500

Defined Benefit Pension Features Code
Benefits are primarily pay related 1A
Benefits are primarily flat dollar (includes dollars per year of service) 1B
Cash balance or similar plan - Plan has a "cash balance" formula. For this purpose, a "cash balance" formula is a benefit formula in a defined benefit plan by whatever name (e.g., personal account plan, pension equity plan, life cycle plan, cash account plan, etc.) that rather than, or in addition to, expressing the accrued benefit as a life annuity commencing at normal retirement age, defines benefits for each employee in terms more common to a defined contribution plan such as a single sum distribution amount (e.g., 10 percent of final average pay times years of service, or the amount of the employee's hypothetical account balance). 1C
Floor-offset plan - Plan benefits are subject to offset for retirement benefits provided by an employer-sponsored defined contribution plan. 1D
Code section 401(h) arrangement - Plan contains separate accounts under Code section 401(h) to provide employee health benefits. 1E
Code section 414(k) arrangement - Benefits are based partly on the balance of the separate account of the participant (also include appropriate defined contribution pension feature codes). 1F
Covered by PBGC - Plan is covered under the PBGC insurance program (see ERISA section 4021). 1G
Plan covered by PBGC that was terminated and closed out for PBGC purposes - Before the end of the plan year (or a prior plan year), (1) the plan terminated in a standard (or distress) termination and completed the distribution of plan assets in satisfaction of all benefit liabilities (or all ERISA Title IV benefits for distress termination); or (2) a trustee was appointed for a terminated plan pursuant to ERISA section 4042. 1H
 
Defined Contribution Pension Features Code
Age/Service Weighted or New Comparability or Similar Plan - Age/Service Weighted Plan: Allocations are based on age, service, or age and service. New Comparability or Similar Plan: Allocations are based on participant classifications and a classification(s) consists entirely or predominantly of highly compensated employees; or the plan provides an additional allocation rate on compensation above a specified threshold, and the theshold or additional rate allowed under the permitted disparity rules of section 401(l) 2A
Target benefit plan 2B
Money purchase (other than target benefit) 2C
Offset plan - Plan benefits are subject to offset for retirement benefits provided in another plan or arrangement of the employer. 2D
Profit-sharing 2E
ERISA section 404(c) Plan - This plan, or any part of it is intended to meet the conditions of 29 CFR 2550.404c-1. 2F
Total participant-directed account plan - Participants have the opportunity to direct the investment of all the assets allocated to their individual accounts, regardless of whether 29 CFR 2550.404c-1 is intended to be met. 2G
Partial participant-directed account plan - Participants have the opportunity to direct the investment of a portion of the assets allocated to their individual accounts, regardless of whether 29 CFR 2550.404c-1 is intended to be met. 2H
Stock bonus 2I
Code section 401(k) feature - A cash or deferred arrangement described in Code section 401(k) that is part of a qualified defined contribution plan that provides for an election by employees to defer part of their compensation or receive these amounts in cash. 2J
Code section 401(m) arrangement - Employee contributions are allocated to separate accounts under the plan or employer contributions are based, in whole or in part, on employee deferrals or contribtions to the plan. Not applicable if plan is 401(k) plan with only QNECs and/or QMACs. Also not applicable if Code section 403(b)(1), 403(b)(7) or 408 arrangements/accounts/annuities. 2K
Code section 403(b)(1) arrangement - See Limited Pension Plan Reporting instructions for Code section 403(b)(1) arrangements for certain exempt organizations. 2L
Code section 403(b)(7) accounts - See Limited Pension Plan Reporting instructions for Code section 403(b)(7) custodial accounts for regulated investment company stock for certain exempt organizations. 2M
Code section 408 accounts and annuities - See Limited Pension Plan Reporting instructions for pension plan utilizing individual Code section 408 retirement accounts or annuities as the funding vehicle for providing benefits. 2N
ESOP other than a leveraged ESOP - A completed Schedule E must be attached to a Form 5500 filed for an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). 2O
Leveraged ESOP - An ESOP that acquires employer securities with borrowed money or other debt-financing techniques. A completed Schedule E must be attached to a Form 5500 filed for an ESOP. 2P
The employer maintaining this ESOP is an S Corporation 2Q
Participant-directed brokerage accounts provided as an investment option under the plan. 2R
 
Other Pension Benefit Features Code
Non-U.S. plan - Pension plan maintained outside the United States primarily for nonresident aliens. 3A
Plan covering Self-Employed individuals. 3B
Plan not intended to be qualified - A plan not intended to be qualified under Code sections 401, 403, or 408. 3C
Master plan - A pension plan that is made available by a sponsor for adoption by employers; that is the subject of a favorable opinion letter; and for which a single funding medium (for example, a trust or custodial account) is established for the joint use of all adopting employers. 3D
Prototype plan - A pension plan that is made available by a sponsor for adoption by employers; that is the subject of a favorable opinion or notification letter; and under which a seperate funding medium (for example, a seperate trust or custodial account) is established for the use of each adopting employer. 3E
Plan sponsor(s) received services of leased employees, as defined in Code section 414(n), during the plan year. 3F
One-participant plan - A plan without employees as defined in 29 CFR 2510.3-3(b). 3G
Plan sponsor(s) is (are) a member(s) of a controlled group (Code sections 414(b), (c), or (m)). 3H
Plan requiring that all or part of employer contributions be invested and held, at least for a limited period, in employer securities. 3I

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Pension Schedule B

Mortality Table Code
1951 Group Annuity 1
1971 Group Annuity Mortality (G.A.M.) 2
1971 Individual Annuity Mortality (I.A.M.) 3
UP-1984 4
1983 I.A.M. 5
1983 G.A.M. 6
1983 G.A.M. (solely per Rev. Rul. 95-28) 7
UP-1994 8 8
Other 9
None 0
 
Type of Amortization Base Code
Experience gain or loss 1
Shortfall gain or loss 2
Change in unfunded liability due to plan amendment 3
Change in unfunded liability due to change in actuarial assumptions 4
Change in unfunded liability due to change in actuarial cost method 5
Waiver of the minimum funding standard 6
Switchback from alternative funding standard account 7
Initial unfunded liability (for new plan) 8
155% current liability full funding limitation base 9
 
Code Method or Rule Code
Shortfall method 1
Alternative funding standard account (AFSA) 2
Shortfall method used with AFSA 3
Plan is in reorganization status 4
Shortfall method used when in reorganization status 5

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Welfare Form 5500

Welfare Benefit Features Code
Health (other than dental or vision) 4A
Life insurance 4B
Supplemental unemployment 4C
Dental 4D
Vision 4E
Temporary disability (accident and sickness) 4F
Prepaid legal 4G
Long-term disability 4H
Severance pay 4I
Apprenticeship and training 4J
Scholarship (funded) 4K
Death benefits (include travel accident but not life insurance) 4L
Taft-Hartley Financial Assistance for Employees Housing Expenses 4P
Other 4Q
Unfunded, fully insured, or combination unfunded/insured welfare plan that will not file a Form 5500 for next plan year pursuant to 29 CFR 2520.104-20. 4R
Unfunded, fully insured, or combination unfunded/insured welfare plan that stopped filing form 5500s in an earlier plan year pursuant to 29 CFR 2520.104-20. 4S
10 or more employer plan under Code section 419A(f)(6). 4T
Collectively bargained welfare benefit arrangement under Code section 419A(f)(5). 4U

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Schedule A

Type of Organization Code
Banking, Savings & Loan Association, Credit Union or other similar financial institution 1
Trust Company 2
Insurance Agent or Broker 3
Agent or Broker other than insurance 4
Third party administrator 5
Investment Company/Mutual Fund 6
Investment Manager/Adviser 7
Labor Union 8
Foreign entity (e.g., an agent or broker, bank, insurance company, etc., not operating within the jurisdictional boundaries of the United States) 9
Other 0

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Schedule C

Service Code
Accounting (including auditing) 10
Actuarial 11
Contract Administrator 12
Administration 13
Brokerage (real estate) 14
Brokerage (stocks, bonds, commodities) 15
Computing, tabulating, ADP, etc. 16
Consulting (general) 17
Custodial (securities) 18
Insurance agents and brokers 19
Investment advisory 20
Investment management 21
Legal 22
Printing and duplicating 23
Recordkeeping 24
Trustee (individual) 25
Trustee (corporate) 26
Pension insurance advisor 27
Valuation services (appraisals, asset valuations, etc.) 28
Investment evaluations 29
Medical 30
Legal services to participants 31
Other (specify) 99

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Schedule D

Type of entity Enter in (d)
Master Trust Investment Account (MTIA) M
Common/Collective Trust (CCT) C
Pooled Separate Account (PSA) P
Group Insurance Arrangement G
Investment Entity (103-12 IE) E

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2002 Codes

Pension Form 5500

Defined Benefit Pension Features Code
Benefits are primarily pay related 1A
Benefits are primarily flat dollar (includes dollars per year of service) 1B
Cash balance or similar plan - Plan has a "cash balance" formula. For this purpose, a "cash balance" formula is a benefit formula in a defined benefit plan by whatever name (e.g., personal account plan, pension equity plan, life cycle plan, cash account plan, etc.) that rather than, or in addition to, expressing the accrued benefit as a life annuity commencing at normal retirement age, defines benefits for each employee in terms more common to a defined contribution plan such as a single sum distribution amount (e.g., 10 percent of final average pay times years of service, or the amount of the employee's hypothetical account balance). 1C
Floor-offset plan - Plan benefits are subject to offset for retirement benefits provided by an employer-sponsored defined contribution plan. 1D
Code section 401(h) arrangement - Plan contains separate accounts under Code section 401(h) to provide employee health benefits. 1E
Code section 414(k) arrangement - Benefits are based partly on the balance of the separate account of the participant (also include appropriate defined contribution pension feature codes). 1F
Covered by PBGC - Plan is covered under the PBGC insurance program (see ERISA section 4021). 1G
Plan covered by PBGC that was terminated and closed out for PBGC purposes - Before the end of the plan year (or a prior plan year), (1) the plan terminated in a standard (or distress) termination and completed the distribution of plan assets in satisfaction of all benefit liabilities (or all ERISA Title IV benefits for distress termination); or (2) a trustee was appointed for a terminated plan pursuant to ERISA section 4042. 1H
 
Defined Contribution Pension Features Code
Age/Service Weighted or New Comparability or Similar Plan - Age/Service Weighted Plan: Allocations are based on age, service, or age and service. New Comparability or Similar Plan: Allocations are based on participant classifications and a classification(s) consists entirely or predominantly of highly compensated employees; or the plan provides an additional allocation rate on compensation above a specified threshold, and the theshold or additional rate allowed under the permitted disparity rules of section 401(l) 2A
Target benefit plan 2B
Money purchase (other than target benefit) 2C
Offset plan - Plan benefits are subject to offset for retirement benefits provided in another plan or arrangement of the employer. 2D
Profit-sharing 2E
ERISA section 404(c) Plan - This plan, or any part of it is intended to meet the conditions of 29 CFR 2550.404c-1. 2F
Total participant-directed account plan - Participants have the opportunity to direct the investment of all the assets allocated to their individual accounts, regardless of whether 29 CFR 2550.404c-1 is intended to be met. 2G
Partial participant-directed account plan - Participants have the opportunity to direct the investment of a portion of the assets allocated to their individual accounts, regardless of whether 29 CFR 2550.404c-1 is intended to be met. 2H
Stock bonus 2I
Code section 401(k) feature - A cash or deferred arrangement described in Code section 401(k) that is part of a qualified defined contribution plan that provides for an election by employees to defer part of their compensation or receive these amounts in cash. 2J
Code section 401(m) arrangement - Employee contributions are allocated to separate accounts under the plan or employer contributions are based, in whole or in part, on employee deferrals or contribtions to the plan. Not applicable if plan is 401(k) plan with only QNECs and/or QMACs. Also not applicable if Code section 403(b)(1), 403(b)(7) or 408 arrangements/accounts/annuities. 2K
Code section 403(b)(1) arrangement - See Limited Pension Plan Reporting instructions for Code section 403(b)(1) arrangements for certain exempt organizations. 2L
Code section 403(b)(7) accounts - See Limited Pension Plan Reporting instructions for Code section 403(b)(7) custodial accounts for regulated investment company stock for certain exempt organizations. 2M
Code section 408 accounts and annuities - See Limited Pension Plan Reporting instructions for pension plan utilizing individual Code section 408 retirement accounts or annuities as the funding vehicle for providing benefits. 2N
ESOP other than a leveraged ESOP - A completed Schedule E must be attached to a Form 5500 filed for an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). 2O
Leveraged ESOP - An ESOP that acquires employer securities with borrowed money or other debt-financing techniques. A completed Schedule E must be attached to a Form 5500 filed for an ESOP. 2P
The employer maintaining this ESOP is an S Corporation 2Q
Participant-directed brokerage accounts provided as an investment option under the plan. 2R
 
Other Pension Benefit Features Code
Non-U.S. plan - Pension plan maintained outside the United States primarily for nonresident aliens. 3A
Plan covering Self-Employed individuals. 3B
Plan not intended to be qualified - A plan not intended to be qualified under Code sections 401, 403, or 408. 3C
Master plan - A pension plan that is made available by a sponsor for adoption by employers; that is the subject of a favorable opinion letter; and for which a single funding medium (for example, a trust or custodial account) is established for the joint use of all adopting employers. 3D
Prototype plan - A pension plan that is made available by a sponsor for adoption by employers; that is the subject of a favorable opinion or notification letter; and under which a seperate funding medium (for example, a seperate trust or custodial account) is established for the use of each adopting employer. 3E
Plan sponsor(s) received services of leased employees, as defined in Code section 414(n), during the plan year. 3F
One-participant plan - A plan without employees as defined in 29 CFR 2510.3-3(b). 3G
Plan sponsor(s) is (are) a member(s) of a controlled group (Code sections 414(b), (c), or (m)). 3H

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Pension Schedule B

Mortality Table Code
1951 Group Annuity 1
1971 Group Annuity Mortality (G.A.M.) 2
1971 Individual Annuity Mortality (I.A.M.) 3
UP-1984 4
1983 I.A.M. 5
1983 G.A.M. 6
1983 G.A.M. (solely per Rev. Rul. 95-28) 7
UP-1994 8 8
Other 9
None 0
 
Type of Amortization Base Code
Experience gain or loss 1
Shortfall gain or loss 2
Change in unfunded liability due to plan amendment 3
Change in unfunded liability due to change in actuarial assumptions 4
Change in unfunded liability due to change in actuarial cost method 5
Waiver of the minimum funding standard 6
Switchback from alternative funding standard account 7
Initial unfunded liability (for new plan) 8
155% current liability full funding limitation base 9
 
Code Method or Rule Code
Shortfall method 1
Alternative funding standard account (AFSA) 2
Shortfall method used with AFSA 3
Plan is in reorganization status 4
Shortfall method used when in reorganization status 5

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Welfare Form 5500

Welfare Benefit Features Code
Health (other than dental or vision) 4A
Life insurance 4B
Supplemental unemployment 4C
Dental 4D
Vision 4E
Temporary disability (accident and sickness) 4F
Prepaid legal 4G
Long-term disability 4H
Severance pay 4I
Apprenticeship and training 4J
Scholarship (funded) 4K
Death benefits (include travel accident but not life insurance) 4L
Taft-Hartley Financial Assistance for Employees Housing Expenses 4P
Other 4Q
Unfunded, fully insured, or combination unfunded/insured welfare plan that will not file a Form 5500 for next plan year pursuant to 29 CFR 2520.104-20. 4R
Unfunded, fully insured, or combination unfunded/insured welfare plan that stopped filing form 5500s in an earlier plan year pursuant to 29 CFR 2520.104-20. 4S
10 or more employer plan under Code section 419A(f)(6). 4T

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Schedule A

Type of Organization Code
Banking, Savings & Loan Association, Credit Union or other similar financial institution 1
Trust Company 2
Insurance Agent or Broker 3
Agent or Broker other than insurance 4
Third party administrator 5
Investment Company/Mutual Fund 6
Investment Manager/Adviser 7
Labor Union 8
Foreign entity (e.g., an agent or broker, bank, insurance company, etc., not operating within the jurisdictional boundaries of the United States) 9
Other 0

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Schedule C

Service Code
Accounting (including auditing) 10
Actuarial 11
Contract Administrator 12
Administration 13
Brokerage (real estate) 14
Brokerage (stocks, bonds, commodities) 15
Computing, tabulating, ADP, etc. 16
Consulting (general) 17
Custodial (securities) 18
Insurance agents and brokers 19
Investment advisory 20
Investment management 21
Legal 22
Printing and duplicating 23
Recordkeeping 24
Trustee (individual) 25
Trustee (corporate) 26
Pension insurance advisor 27
Valuation services (appraisals, asset valuations, etc.) 28
Investment evaluations 29
Medical 30
Legal services to participants 31
Other (specify) 99
 

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Schedule D

Type of entity Enter in (d)
Master Trust Investment Account (MTIA) M
Common/Collective Trust (CCT) C
Pooled Separate Account (PSA) P
Group Insurance Arrangement G
Investment Entity (103-12 IE) E

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2001 Codes

Pension Form 5500

Defined Benefit Pension Features Code
Benefits are primarily pay related 1A
Benefits are primarily flat dollar (includes dollars per year of service) 1B
Cash balance or similar plan - Plan has a "cash balance" formula. For this purpose, a "cash balance" formula is a benefit formula in a defined benefit plan by whatever name (e.g., personal account plan, pension equity plan, life cycle plan, cash account plan, etc.) that rather than, or in addition to, expressing the accrued benefit as a life annuity commencing at normal retirement age, defines benefits for each employee in terms more common to a defined contribution plan such as a single sum distribution amount (e.g., 10 percent of final average pay times years of service, or the amount of the employee's hypothetical account balance). 1C
Offset arrangement - Plan benefits are subject to offset for retirement benefits provided in another plan or arrangement of the employer. 1D
Code section 401(h) arrangement - Plan contains separate accounts under Code section 401(h) to provide employee health benefits. 1E
Code section 414(k) arrangement - Benefits are based partly on the balance of the separate account of the participant (also include appropriate defined contribution pension feature codes). 1F
Covered by PBGC - Plan is covered under the PBGC insurance program (see ERISA section 4021). 1G
Plan covered by PBGC that was terminated and closed out for PBGC purposes - Before the end of the plan year (or a prior plan year), (1) the plan terminated in a standard (or distress) termination and completed the distribution of plan assets in satisfaction of all benefit liabilities (or all ERISA Title IV benefits for distress termination); or (2) a trustee was appointed for a terminated plan pursuant to ERISA section 4042. 1H
 
Defined Contribution Pension Features Code
Age/Service Weighted or New Comparability or Similar Plan - Age/Service Weighted Plan: Allocations are based on age, service, or age and service. New Comparability or Similar Plan: Allocations are based on participant classifications and a classification(s) consists entirely or predominantly of highly compensated employees; or the plan provides an additional allocation rate on compensation above a specified threshold, and the theshold or additional rate allowed under the permitted disparity rules of section 401(l) 2A
Target benefit plan 2B
Money purchase (other than target benefit) 2C
Offset plan - Plan benefits are subject to offset for retirement benefits provided in another plan or arrangement of the employer. 2D
Profit-sharing 2E
ERISA section 404(c) Plan - This plan, or any part of it is intended to meet the conditions of 29 CFR 2550.404c-1. 2F
Total participant-directed account plan - Participants have the opportunity to direct the investment of all the assets allocated to their individual accounts, regardless of whether 29 CFR 2550.404c-1 is intended to be met. 2G
Partial participant-directed account plan - Participants have the opportunity to direct the investment of a portion of the assets allocated to their individual accounts, regardless of whether 29 CFR 2550.404c-1 is intended to be met. 2H
Stock bonus 2I
Code section 401(k) feature - A cash or deferred arrangement described in Code section 401(k) that is part of a qualified defined contribution plan that provides for an election by employees to defer part of their compensation or receive these amounts in cash. 2J
Code section 401(m) arrangement - Employee contributions are allocated to separate accounts under the plan or employer contributions are based, in whole or in part, on employee deferrals or contribtions to the plan. Not applicable if plan is 401(k) plan with only QNECs and/or QMACs. Also not applicable if Code section 403(b)(1), 403(b)(7) or 408 arrangements/accounts/annuities. 2K
Code section 403(b)(1) arrangement - See instructions for Code section 403(b)(1) arrangements for certain exempt organizations. 2L
Code section 403(b)(7) accounts - See instructions for Code section 403(b)(7) custodial accounts for regulated investment company stock for certain exempt organizations. 2M
Code section 408 accounts and annuities - See the instructions for pension plan utilizing individual Code section 408 retirement accounts or annuities as the funding vehicle for providing benefits. 2N
ESOP other than a leveraged ESOP - A completed Schedule E must be attached to a Form 5500 filed for an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). 2O
Leveraged ESOP - An ESOP that acquires employer securities with borrowed money or other debt-financing techniques. A completed Schedule E must be attached to a Form 5500 filed for an ESOP. 2P
The employer maintaining this ESOP is an S Corporation 2Q
Participant-directed brokerage accounts provided as an investment option under the plan. 2R
 
Other Pension Benefit Features Code
Non-U.S. plan - Pension plan maintained outside the United States primarily for nonresident aliens. 3A
Plan covering Self-Employed individuals. 3B
Plan not intended to be qualified - A plan not intended to be qualified under Code sections 401, 403, or 408. 3C
Master plan - A pension plan that is made available by a sponsoring organization for adoption by employers; that is the subject of a favorable opinion letter under Revenue Procedure 89-9, 1989-1 C.B. 780, as modified by Rev. Proc. 90-21, 1990-1 C.B. 499; and for which a single funding medium (for example, a trust or custodial account) is established for the joint use of all adopting employers. 3D
Prototype plan - A pension plan that is made available by a sponsoring organization for adoption by employers; that is the subject of a favorable opinion letter under Revenue Procedures 90-21, 1990-1 C.B. 780, as modified by Rev. Proc. 90-21, 1990-1 C.B. 499; and under which a separate funding medium (for example, a separate trust or custodial account) is established for each adopting employer. See the preceding paragraph regarding the meaning of "sponsoring organization." 3E
Plan sponsor(s) received services of leased employees, as defined in Code section 414(n), during the plan year. 3F
One-participant plan - A plan without employees as defined in 29 CFR 2510.3-3(b). 3G
Plan sponsor(s) is (are) a member(s) of a controlled group (Code sections 414(b), (c), or (m)). 3H

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Pension Schedule B

Mortality Table Code
1951 Group Annuity 1
1971 Group Annuity Mortality (G.A.M.) 2
1971 Individual Annuity Mortality (I.A.M.) 3
UP-1984 4
1983 I.A.M. 5
1983 G.A.M. 6
1983 G.A.M. (solely per Rev. Rul. 95-28) 7
UP-1994 8 8
Other 9
None 0
 
Type of Amortization Base Code
Experience gain or loss 1
Shortfall gain or loss 2
Change in unfunded liability due to plan amendment 3
Change in unfunded liability due to change in actuarial assumptions 4
Change in unfunded liability due to change in actuarial cost method 5
Waiver of the minimum funding standard 6
Switchback from alternative funding standard account 7
Initial unfunded liability (for new plan) 8
155% current liability full funding limitation base 9
 
Code Method or Rule Code
Shortfall method 1
Alternative funding standard account (AFSA) 2
Shortfall method used with AFSA 3
Plan is in reorganization status 4
Shortfall method used when in reorganization status 5

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Form 5500

Welfare

Welfare Benefit Features Code
Health (other than dental or vision) 4A
Life insurance 4B
Supplemental unemployment 4C
Dental 4D
Vision 4E
Temporary disability (accident and sickness) 4F
Prepaid legal 4G
Long-term disability 4H
Severance pay 4I
Apprenticeship and training 4J
Scholarship (funded) 4K
Death benefits (include travel accident but not life insurance) 4L
Other 4Q
Unfunded, fully insured, or combination unfunded/insured welfare plan that will not file a Form 5500 for next plan year pursuant to 29 CFR 2520.104-20. 4R
Unfunded, fully insured, or combination unfunded/insured welfare plan that stopped filing form 5500s in an earlier plan year pursuant to 29 CFR 2520.104-20. 4S

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Schedule A

Type of Organization Code
Banking, Savings & Loan Association, Credit Union or other similar financial institution 1
Trust Company 2
Insurance Agent or Broker 3
Agent or Broker other than insurance 4
Third party administrator 5
Investment Company/Mutual Fund 6
Investment Manager/Adviser 7
Labor Union 8
Foreign entity (e.g., an agent or broker, bank, insurance company, etc., not operating within the jurisdictional boundaries of the United States) 9
Other 0

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Schedule C

Service Code
Accounting (including auditing) 10
Actuarial 11
Contract Administrator 12
Administration 13
Brokerage (real estate) 14
Brokerage (stocks, bonds, commodities) 15
Computing, tabulating, ADP, etc. 16
Consulting (general) 17
Custodial (securities) 18
Insurance agents and brokers 19
Investment advisory 20
Investment management 21
Legal 22
Printing and duplicating 23
Recordkeeping 24
Trustee (individual) 25
Trustee (corporate) 26
Pension insurance advisor 27
Valuation services (appraisals, asset valuations, etc.) 28
Investment evaluations 29
Medical 30
Legal services to participants 31
Other (specify) 99

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Schedule D

Type of entity Enter in (d)
Master Trust Investment Account (MTIA) M
Common/Collective Trust (CCT) C
Pooled Separate Account (PSA) P
Investment Entity (103-12 IE) E

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2000 Codes

Form 5500

Defined Benefit Pension Features Code
Benefits are primarily pay related 1A
Benefits are primarily flat dollar (includes dollars per year of service) 1B
Cash balance or similar plan - Plan has a "cash balance" formula. For this purpose, a "cash balance" formula is a benefit formula in a defined benefit plan by whatever name (e.g., personal account plan, pension equity plan, life cycle plan, cash account plan, etc.) that rather than, or in addition to, expressing the accrued benefit as a life annuity commencing at normal retirement age, defines benefits for each employee in terms more common to a defined contribution plan such as a single sum distribution amount (e.g., 10 percent of final average pay times years of service, or the amount of the employee's hypothetical account balance). 1C
Offset arrangement - Plan benefits are subject to offset for retirement benefits provided in another plan or arrangement of the employer. 1D
Code section 401(h) arrangement - Plan contains separate accounts under Code section 401(h) to provide employee health benefits. 1E
Code section 414(k) arrangement - Benefits are based partly on the balance of the separate account of the participant (also include appropriate defined contribution pension feature codes). 1F
Covered by PBGC - Plan is covered under the PBGC insurance program (see ERISA section 4021). 1G
Plan covered by PBGC that was terminated and closed out for PBGC purposes - Before the end of the plan year (or a prior plan year), (1) the plan terminated in a standard (or distress) termination and completed the distribution of plan assets in satisfaction of all benefit liabilities (or all ERISA Title IV benefits for distress termination); or (2) a trustee was appointed for a terminated plan pursuant to ERISA section 4042. 1H
 
Defined Contribution Pension Features Code
Allocations based upon age, service, or age and service 2A
Target benefit plan 2B
Money purchase (other than target benefit) 2C
Offset plan - Plan benefits are subject to offset for retirement benefits provided in another plan or arrangement of the employer. 2D
Profit-sharing 2E
ERISA section 404(c) Plan - This plan, or any part of it is intended to meet the conditions of 29 CFR 2550.404c-1. 2F
Total participant-directed account plan - Participants have the opportunity to direct the investment of all the assets allocated to their individual accounts, regardless of whether 29 CFR 2550.404c-1 is intended to be met. 2G
Partial participant-directed account plan - Participants have the opportunity to direct the investment of a portion of the assets allocated to their individual accounts, regardless of whether 29 CFR 2550.404c-1 is intended to be met. 2H
Stock bonus 2I
Code section 401(k) feature - A cash or deferred arrangement described in Code section 401(k) that is part of a qualified defined contribution plan that provides for an election by employees to defer part of their compensation or receive these amounts in cash. 2J
Code section 401(m) arrangement - Employee contributions are allocated to separate accounts under the plan or employer contributions are based, in whole or in part, on employee deferrals or contribtions to the plan. Not applicable if plan is 401(k) plan with only QNECs and/or QMACs. Also not applicable if Code section 403(b)(1), 403(b)(7) or 408 arrangements/accounts/annuities. 2K
Code section 403(b)(1) arrangement - See instructions for Code section 403(b)(1) arrangements for certain exempt organizations. 2L
Code section 403(b)(7) accounts - See instructions for Code section 403(b)(7) custodial accounts for regulated investment company stock for certain exempt organizations. 2M
Code section 408 accounts and annuities - See the instructions for pension plan utilizing individual Code section 408 retirement accounts or annuities as the funding vehicle for providing benefits. 2N
ESOP other than a leveraged ESOP - A completed Schedule E must be attached to a Form 5500 filed for an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). 2O
Leveraged ESOP - An ESOP that acquires employer securities with borrowed money or other debt-financing techniques. A completed Schedule E must be attached to a Form 5500 filed for an ESOP. 2P
 
Other Pension Benefit Features Code
Non-U.S. plan - Pension plan maintained outside the United States primarily for nonresident aliens. 3A
Plan covering Self-Employed individuals. 3B
Plan not intended to be qualified - A plan not intended to be qualified under Code sections 401, 403, or 408. 3C
Master plan - A pension plan that is made available by a sponsoring organization for adoption by employers; that is the subject of a favorable opinion letter under Revenue Procedure 89-9, 1989-1 C.B. 780, as modified by Rev. Proc. 90-21, 1990-1 C.B. 499; and for which a single funding medium (for example, a trust or custodial account) is established for the joint use of all adopting employers. 3D
Prototype plan - A pension plan that is made available by a sponsoring organization for adoption by employers; that is the subject of a favorable opinion letter under Revenue Procedures 90-21, 1990-1 C.B. 780, as modified by Rev. Proc. 90-21, 1990-1 C.B. 499; and under which a separate funding medium (for example, a separate trust or custodial account) is established for each adopting employer. See the preceding paragraph regarding the meaning of "sponsoring organization." 3E
Plan sponsor(s) received services of leased employees, as defined in Code section 414(n) during the plan year. 3F
One-participant plan - A plan without employees as defined in 29 CFR 2510.3-3(b). 3G
Plan sponsor(s) is (are) a member(s) of a controlled group (Code sections 414(b), (c), or (m)). 3H
 
Welfare Benefit Features Code
Health (other than dental or vision) 4A
Life Insurance 4B
Supplemental Unemployment 4C
Dental 4D
Vision 4E
Temporary Disability (accident and sickness) 4F
Prepaid legal 4G
Long-term disability 4H
Severance Pay 4I
Apprenticeship and Training 4J
Scholarship (funded) 4K
Death benefits (include travel accident but not life insurance) 4L
Other 4Q
Unfunded, fully insured, or combination unfunded/insured welfare plan that will not file a Form 5500 for next year pursuant to 29 CFR 2520.104-20. 4R
Unfunded, fully insured, or combination unfunded/insured welfare plan that stopped filing form 5500s in an earlier plan pursuant to 29 CFR 2520.104-20. 4S

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Schedule A

Type of Organization Code
Banking, Savings & Loan Association, Credit Union or other similar financial institution 1
Trust Company 2
Insurance Agent or Broker 3
Agent or Broker other than insurance 4
Third party administrator 5
Investment Company/Mutual Fund 6
Investment Manager/Adviser 7
Labor Union 8
Foreign entity (e.g., an agent or broker, bank, insurance company, etc., not operating within the jurisdictional boundaries of the United States) 9
Other 0

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Schedule B

Mortality Table Code
1951 Group Annuity 1
1971 Group Annuity Mortality (G.A.M.) 2
1971 Individual Annuity Mortality (I.A.M.) 3
UP-1984 4
1983 I.A.M. 5
1983 G.A.M. 6
1983 G.A.M. (solely per Rev. Rul. 95-28) 7
UP-1994 8 8
Other 9
None 0
 
Type of Amortization Base Code
Experience gain or loss 1
Shortfall gain or loss 2
Change in unfunded liability due to plan amendment 3
Change in unfunded liability due to change in actuarial assumptions 4
Change in unfunded liability due to change in actuarial cost method 5
Waiver of the minimum funding standard 6
Switchback from alternative funding standard account 7
Initial unfunded liability (for new plan) 8
155% current liability full funding limitation base 9
 
Code Method or Rule Code
Shortfall method 1
Alternative funding standard account (AFSA) 2
Shortfall method used with AFSA 3
Plan is in reorganization status 4
Shortfall method used when in reorganization status 5

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Schedule C

Service Code
Accounting (including auditing) 10
Actuarial 11
Contract Administrator 12
Administration 13
Brokerage (real estate) 14
Brokerage (stocks, bonds, commodities) 15
Computing, tabulating, ADP, etc. 16
Consulting (general) 17
Custodial (securities) 18
Insurance agents and brokers 19
Investment advisory 20
Investment management 21
Legal 22
Printing and duplicating 23
Recordkeeping 24
Trustee (individual) 25
Trustee (corporate) 26
Pension insurance advisor 27
Valuation services (appraisals, asset valuations, etc.) 28
Investment evaluations 29
Medical 30
Legal services to participants 31
Other (specify) 99

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Schedule D

Type of entity Enter in (d)
Master Trust Investment Account (MTIA) M
Common/Collective Trust (CCT) C
Pooled Separate Account (PSA) P
Investment Entity (103-12 IE) E

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Note: Do not list PBGC or IRS as a service provider on Part I of Schedule C (Form 5500)

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