Employers that offer employee benefit plans on a calendar-year basis must submit their annual Form 5500 reports to the Department of Labor (DOL) for 2021 by August 1, 2022.
You can extend this deadline by two and a half months. To do so, file IRS Form 5558 by August 1, 2022, which extends the deadline until October 17, 2022.
Form 5500 Deadline Highlights
Employers subject to ERISA must file an annual report (Form 5500) for their employee benefit plans.
Form 5500 must be filed electronically.
Welfare benefit plans may be exempt if they are unfunded or fully insured and have fewer than 100 plan participants.
