2025›Instructions for Form 5500-EZ›▲!
Part III – Financial Information
2025 Inst 5500-EZ (PDF) · 2026-10-03 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · United States
Note. The cash, modified cash, or accrual basis accounting methods may be used for recognition of transactions in Part III, as long as you use one method consistently. Amounts reported on lines 6a, 6b, and 6c for the beginning of the plan year must be the same as reported for the end of the plan year on the return for the preceding plan year. Use whole dollars only.
Line 6a. “Total plan assets” include rollovers and transfers received from other plans, unrealized gains and losses such as appreciation/depreciation in assets. It also includes specific assets held by the plan at any time during the plan year (for example, partnership/joint venture interests, employer real property, real estate (other than employer real property), employer securities, loans (participant and non-participant loans), and tangible personal property).
Enter the total amount of plan assets at the beginning of the plan year in column (1). Do not include contributions designated for the 2025 plan year in column (1). Enter the total amount of plan assets at the end of the plan year in column (2).
Line 6b. Liabilities include but are not limited to benefit claims payable, operating payables, acquisition indebtedness, and other liabilities. Do not include the value of future distributions that will be made to participants.
Lines 7a and 7b. Enter the total cash contributions received and/ or receivable by the plan from employers and participants during the plan year.
Line 7c. Enter the amount of all other contributions including transfers or rollovers received from other plans valued on the date of contribution.
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