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2025›Instructions for Form 5500-EZ›▲!›Specifc Instructions

Part II – Basic Plan Information

2025 Inst 5500-EZ (PDF) · 2026-10-03 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · United States

Line 1a. Enter the formal name of the plan.

Line 1b. Enter the three-digit plan number (PN) that the employer assigned to the plan. Plans should be numbered consecutively starting with 001. Once a plan number is used for a plan, it must be used as the plan number for all future filings of returns for the plan, and this number may not be used for any other plan even after the plan is terminated.

Line 1c. Enter the date the plan first became effective.

Line 2a. Each row is designed to contain specific information regarding the employer. Please limit your response to the information required in each row as specified below.

  1. Enter in the first row the name of the employer.

  2. Enter in the second row the trade name if different from the name entered in the first row.

  3. Enter in the third row the in care of (“C/O”) name.

  4. Enter in the fourth row the street address. A post office box number may be entered if the Post Office does not deliver mail to the employer’s street address.

  5. Enter in the fifth row the name of the city, the two character abbreviation of the U.S. state or possession and ZIP code.

The online application process is not yet available for plans with addresses in foreign countries. Foreign plans may not

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