Sec. 3 Administrator — Publication 4810

The “A” Record contains the name and address information of the Plan Administrator. There should be only one “A” Record per file.

The “A” Record is a fixed length of 750 positions.

Note: For all fields marked “ Required,” the transmitter must provide the information described under Field Description and Information. For those fields not marked “ Required,” a transmitter must allow for the field, but may be instructed to enter blanks or zeros in the indicated field position(s) and for the indicated length. All records have a fixed length of 750 positions. Refer to the Instructions for Form 8955-SSA for additional filing information.

Record Name: Administrator “A” Record

Field Positions	Field Title	Length	Field Description and Information
1	Record Type	1	Required. Enter “A.”
2-9	Plan Year Begin Date	8	Required. Enter the Plan Year Begin Date in the following format YYYYMMDD.
10-17	Plan Year End Date	8	Required. Enter the Plan Year End Date in the following format YYYYMMDD.
18-26	Sponsor’s EIN	9	Required. Enter the nine-digit Employer Identification Number of the Sponsor. Don’t enter blanks, hyphens, or alpha characters. An EIN consisting of all the same digits (e.g., 111111111) isn’t acceptable.
27-29	Plan Number	3	Required. Enter the plan number. Right justify the information and fill with leading zeros.
30	FIRE Continuation Indicator	1	Required. Enter a “0” (zero) unless this is a continuation of a Form 8955-SSA. Enter a continuation indicator of “1” (one) only when reporting the second or subsequent in a series of files exceeding 2.5 million records.
31-33	FIRE Continuation Sequence Number	3	Required.Enter the sequence number of the Form 8955-SSA continuation number. Set to 001 if the FIRE Forms SSA Continuation Indicator is zero. Right justify the information and fill with leading zeros.
34	Administrator Same as Sponsor Indicator Note:If a “1” is entered, A Record positions 35-310 can be blank.	1	Required.Enter a “1” (one) if the plan administrator is the same as the Sponsor; otherwise, enter a zero.

Record Name: Administrator “A” Record

35-43	Administrator’s EIN	9	Required. Enter the nine-digit employer identification number of the administrator. Don’t enter blanks, hyphens, or alpha characters. An EIN consisting of all the same digits (e.g., 111111111) isn’t acceptable.
44-113	Administrator’s Name	70	Required. Enter the name of the plan administrator. Left justify the information and fill unused positions with blanks.
114-148	Administrator In Care of Name	35	Enter the in care of name if available; otherwise, enter blanks. Left justify the information and fill unused positions with blanks.
149-183	Administrator’s Mailing Address Line 1	35	Required.Enter the mailing address of the administrator. The street address should include number, street, apartment or suite number, or P.O. Box if mail isn’t delivered to a street address. Left justify the information and fill unused positions with blanks.
184-218	Administrator’s Mailing Address Line 2	35	Enter any additional address information. Left justify the information and fill unused positions with blanks.
219-240	Administrator’s City	22	Required.Enter the Administrator’s city. Left justify the information and fill unused positions with blanks.
241-242	Administrator’s State Code	2	Required.Enter the valid U.S. Postal Service state abbreviation for the state or the appropriate APO and FPO Addresses identifier (AA, AE, or AP) described inPart A Sec. 10, .01 State Abbreviation Codes.
243-254	Administrator’s ZIP Code	12	Required for U.S. addresses.Enter the valid ZIP Code (nine, five, or twelve-digit) assigned by the U.S. Postal Service. If only the first five-digits are known, left justify the information and fill the unused positions with blanks.
255-276	Administrator’s Foreign Province or State	22	Required for a foreign address.Enter the name of the Administrator’s Province or State. Left justify the information and fill unused positions with blanks. Leave blank for U.S. addresses.
277-278	Administrator’s Foreign Address Country Code	2	Required for a foreign address.Enter the code from the table inPart A, Sec. 10, Foreign Country Codes for the name of the Administrator’s Foreign Country. Leave blank for U.S. addresses.

Record Name: Administrator “A” Record

279-300	Administrator’s Foreign Address Postal Routing Code	22	Required for a foreign address. Enter the name of the Administrator’s Foreign Country Postal Routing Code. Left justify the information and fill unused positions with blanks. Leave blank for U.S. addresses.
301-310	Administrator’s Telephone Number	10	Enter the Administrator’s telephone number if available. The number must be exactly ten numeric characters; otherwise, leave blank.
311-319	Last Report Administrator’s EIN	9	Enter the nine-digit employer identification number of the administrator, if available. Don’t enter blanks, hyphens, or alpha characters. An EIN consisting of all the same digits (e.g., 111111111) isn’t acceptable. If the EIN isn’t available, entering blanks is acceptable.
320-389	Last Report Administrator’s Name	70	Enter the administrator’s name, if available. Left justify the information and fill unused positions with blanks; otherwise, leave blank.
390-424	Typed Administrator’s Signature Name	35	Enter the name of the administrator who signs the tax form; otherwise, leave blank. Left justify the information and fill unused positions with blanks.
425-432	Administrator’s Signature Date	8	Enter the date the administrator signed the tax form in YYYYMMDD format; otherwise, leave blank.
433-740	Reserved	308	Enter blanks.
741-748	Record Sequence Number	8	Required. Enter the number of the record as it appears within the file. The record sequence number for the “T” record will always be “1” (one), it is the first record on a file and the file can have only one “T” record. Each record, thereafter, must be incremental by one in ascending numerical sequence, that is, 2, 3, 4, etc. Right justify the information numbers with leading zeros in the field. For example, the “T” record sequence number would appear as “00000001” in the field, the “S” record would be “00000002”, the “A” record, “00000003”, the “P” record, “00000004” and so on until the final record of the file, the “F” record.
749-750	Blank or Carriage Return Line Feed (CR/LF)	2	Enter blanks or carriage return line feed (CR/LF) characters.

Administrator “A” Record Layout

Record Type	Plan Year Begin Date	Plan Year End Date	Sponsor's EIN	Plan Number	FIRE Continuation Indicator
1	2-9	10-17	18-26	27-29	30
Continuation Sequence Number	Administrator Same as Sponsor Indicator	Administrator's EIN	Administrator's Name	Administrator In Care of Name	Administrator's Mailing Address Line 1
31-33	34	35-43	44-113	114-148	149-183
Administrator's Mailing Address Line 2	Administrator's City	Administrator's State Code	Administrator's ZIP Code	Administrator's Foreign Province or State	Administrator's Foreign Address Country Code
184-218	219-240	241-242	243-254	255-276	277-278
Administrator's Foreign Address Postal Routing Code	Administrator's Telephone Number	Last Report Administrator's EIN	Last Report Administrator's Name	Typed Administrator's Signature Name	Administrator's Signature Date
279-300	301-310	311-319	320-389	390-424	425-432
Reserved	Record Sequence Number	Blank or Carriage Return Line Feed
433-740	741-748	749-750	749-750	749-750	749-750