# Instructions for Form 5500-EZ > Briefs, arguments, decisions, and more. URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/agency%3Airs%3A886a878cf54a4b71 ## Record - **Collection:** Agency decision - **Document type:** Agency decision ## Text 2025 Instructions for Form 5500-EZ Annual Return of a One-Participant (Owners/Partners and Their Spouses) Retirement Plan or A Foreign Plan Section references are to the Internal Revenue Code unless otherwise noted. Future developments. For the latest information about developments related to Form 5500-EZ and its instructions, such as legislation enacted after they were published, go to IRS.gov/Form5500EZ. Filing Tips To reduce the possibility of correspondence and penalties, we remind filers of the following. Filing Form 5500-EZ on paper with the IRS: • Use the online, fillable 2025 Form 5500-EZ on the IRS website. Complete and download the form to your computer to print and sign before mailing. • Or, use the official printed paper Form 5500-EZ obtained from the IRS. Complete the form by hand using only black or blue ink. Be sure to enter your information in the specific line fields provided; sign and date the form before mailing. • Or, use approved software, if available. • Do not use felt tip pens or other writing instruments that can cause signatures or data to bleed through to the other side of the paper. One-sided documents should have no markings on the blank side. • Do not use glue or other sticky substances on the paper. Paper should be clean. • Do not submit extraneous information such as arrows or notes on the form. • Mail Form 5500-EZ for plan year 2025 to the IRS office in Ogden, Utah, to be processed. See Where To File in these instructions. Filing Form 5500-EZ electronically using the EFAST2 filing system: • File online using EFAST2’s web-based filing system or • File through an EFAST2-approved vendor. Detailed information on electronic filing is available on the EFAST2 website at www.efast.dol.gov. Phone Help If you have questions and need help in completing this form, please call the IRS Help Desk at 877-829-5500. If you have questions concerning electronic filing under the EFAST2 filing system, call the EFAST2 Help Desk at 1-866-GO-EFAST (1866-463-3278). These toll-free telephone services are available Monday through Friday. How To Get Forms and Publications You can find Form 5500-EZ and its instructions by visiting the IRS Internet website at IRS.gov/FormsPubs. You can also find and order other IRS forms and publications at IRS.gov/OrderForms. July 7, 2025 Personal computer. You can access the IRS website 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at IRS.gov to: • View forms, instructions, and publications. • See answers to frequently asked tax questions. • Search publications online by topic or keyword. • Send comments or request help by email. • Sign up to receive local and national tax news by email. Photographs of Missing Children The Internal Revenue Service is a proud partner with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC). Photographs of missing children selected by the Center may appear in instructions on pages that would otherwise be blank. You can help bring these children home by looking at the photographs and calling 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678) if you recognize a child. General Instructions Purpose of Form Form 5500-EZ is used by one-participant plans and foreign plans that are not subject to the requirements of section 104(a) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). Note. A one-participant plan or a foreign plan (as defined under Who Must File Form 5500-EZ) cannot file an annual return on Form 5500, Annual Return/Report of Employee Benefit Plan, or Form 5500-SF, Short Form Annual Return/Report of Small Employee Benefit Plan, regardless of whether the plan previously filed an annual return on Form 5500 or Form 5500-SF. Therefore, every one-participant plan or a foreign plan required to file an annual return must either file paper Form 5500-EZ with the IRS or electronically file Form 5500-EZ using the EFAST2 Filing System. Who Must File Form 5500-EZ You must file Form 5500-EZ for a retirement plan if the plan is a one-participant plan or a foreign plan that is required to file an annual return under section 6058(a). A one-participant plan means a retirement plan (that is, a defined benefit pension plan or a defined contribution profit-sharing or money purchase pension plan), other than an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), which: 1. Covers only you (or you and your spouse) and you (or you and your spouse) own the entire business (which may be incorporated or unincorporated); or 2. Covers only one or more partners (or partners and their spouses) in a business partnership (treating 2% shareholder of an S corporation, as defined in IRC §1372(b), as a partner); and 3. Does not provide benefits for anyone except you (or you and your spouse) or one or more partners (or partners and their spouses). Catalog Number 63264C Mandatory electronic filing. A filer must file the Form 5500EZ electronically using the EFAST2 Filing System for plan year beginning on or after January 1, 2025 if the filer is required to file at least 10 returns of any type with the IRS, including information returns (for example, Forms W-2 and Forms 1099), income tax returns, employment tax returns, and excise tax returns, during the calendar year that includes the first day of the applicable plan year. If a filer is required to file a Form 5500-EZ electronically but does not, the filer is considered to have not filed the form even if a paper Form 5500-EZ is submitted. See Treasury Regulations section 301.6058-2 (T.D. 9972) for more information on mandatory electronic filing of employee retirement benefit plan returns. A one-participant plan must file an annual return unless the plan meets the conditions for not filing under Who Does Not Have To File Form 5500-EZ below. A foreign plan means a pension plan that is maintained outside the United States primarily for nonresident aliens. A foreign plan is required to file an annual return if the employer who maintains the plan is: • A domestic employer, or • A foreign employer with income derived from sources within the United States (including foreign subsidiaries of domestic employers) if contributions to the plan are deducted on its U.S. income tax return. Do not file an annual return for a plan that is a qualified foreign On a year-by-year basis, the IRS may waive the requirements to file Form 5500-EZ electronically in cases of undue economic hardship. In general, the filer should maintain documentation supporting the undue hardship or other applicable reason for not filing electronically. within the meaning of section 404A(e) that does not ▲ ! plan qualify for the treatment provided in section 402(d). CAUTION Note. If you are not eligible to file the Form 5500-EZ for a plan that is subject to the reporting requirements in section 104 of ERISA, you must electronically file Form 5500 or, if eligible, Form 5500-SF. EFAST2 Filing System A one-participant plan and a foreign plan can satisfy their filing obligation under the Code by filing Form 5500-EZ electronically under the EFAST2 filing system in place of filing Form 5500-EZ on paper with the IRS. Who Does Not Have To File Form 5500-EZ You do not have to file Form 5500-EZ for the 2025 plan year for a one-participant plan if the total of the plan’s assets and the assets of all other one-participant plans maintained by the employer at the end of the 2025 plan year does not exceed $250,000, unless 2025 is the final plan year of the plan. For more information on final plan years, see Final Return, later. Under EFAST2, you must electronically file the 2025 Forms 5500 and 5500-SF using EFAST2’s web-based filing system or you may file through an EFAST2-approved vendor. The 2025 Form 5500-EZ can also be electronically filed using the EFAST2 filing system or filed on paper with the IRS. For more information about electronic filing, see the EFAST2 website at www.efast. dol.gov. For telephone assistance, call the EFAST2 Help Desk at 1-866-GO-EFAST (1-866-463-3278). The EFAST2 Help Desk is available Monday through Friday. Example. If a plan meets all the requirements for filing Form 5500-EZ and its total assets (either alone or in combination with one or more one-participant plans maintained by the employer) exceed $250,000 at the end of the 2025 plan year, Form 5500EZ must be filed for each of the employer’s one-participant plans including those with less than $250,000 in assets for the 2025 plan year. Note (1). A filer must file Form 5500-EZ electronically with EFAST2 instead of filing paper Form 5500-EZ with the IRS if the filer is required to file at least 10 returns of any type with the IRS during the calendar year. See How To File for more information. Note. You should use the total plan assets as listed as of the end of the plan year on line 6a(2) of this form to determine whether the plan(s) assets exceed $250,000. If an employer maintains one or more one-participant plans, the total assets of all oneparticipant plans combined must be counted towards the amount of $250,000. Note (2). If a filer is not subject to the IRS mandatory electronic filing requirement under Treasury Regulations section 301.6058-2, a filer may elect to file Form 5500-EZ electronically using the EFAST2 filing system. Information filed on Form 5500-EZ is required to be made available to the public. However, the information for a one-participant plan or a foreign plan, whether filed electronically with EFAST2 or filed on paper, will not be published on the internet. How To File Paper forms for filing. The 2025 Form 5500-EZ may be filed on paper. File the official IRS printed Form 5500-EZ or the downloadable form found on the IRS website; or use approved software, if available. What To File Plans required to file an annual return for one-participant (owners and their spouses) retirement plans or foreign plans may file Form 5500-EZ in accordance with its instructions. Filers of Form 5500-EZ are not required to file schedules or attachments related to Form 5500 with the 2025 Form 5500-EZ. However, you must collect and retain for your records completed Schedule MB (Form 5500), Multiemployer Defined Benefit Plan and Certain Money Purchase Plan Actuarial Information, if applicable, and completed and signed Schedule SB (Form 5500), SingleEmployer Defined Benefit Plan Actuarial Information, if applicable. Even though you do not have to file the Schedule MB (Form 5500) or Schedule SB (Form 5500) with the 2025 Form 5500-EZ, you are still required to both perform an annual valuation and maintain the funding records associated with plan funding in the same manner as a plan for which the applicable schedule must be filed. You can complete the online, fillable 2025 Form 5500-EZ found on the IRS website and download it to your computer to print and sign before mailing to the address specified in these instructions. See Where To File. You can obtain the official IRS printed 2025 Form 5500-EZ from the IRS to complete by hand with pen or typewriter using blue or black ink. Entries should not exceed the lines provided on the form. Abbreviate if necessary. Paper forms are available from the IRS as discussed earlier in How To Get Forms and Publications. Electronic filing. Effective for plan years beginning after 2019, a filer can file Form 5500-EZ electronically using the EFAST2 filing system. See EFAST2 Filing System in these instructions. -2- Instructions for Form 5500-EZ (2025) Eligible combined plans. The Pension Protection Act of 2006 established rules for a new type of pension plan, an “eligible combined plan,” effective for plan years beginning after December 31, 2009. An eligible combined plan consists of a defined benefit plan and a defined contribution plan that includes a qualified cash or deferred arrangement under section 401(k). The assets of the two plans are held in a single trust, but clearly identified and allocated between plans. The eligible combined plan design is available only to employers that: • Employed an average of at least 2, but no more than 500, employees on business days during the calendar year prior to the establishment of the eligible combined plan; and • Employ at least 2 employees on the first day of the plan year that the plan is established. Specific Instructions Part I – Annual Return Identification Information Enter the calendar or fiscal year beginning and ending dates of the plan year (not to exceed 12 months in length) for which you are reporting information. Express the date in numerical month, day, and year in the following order “MM/DD/YYYY” (for example, “01/01/2025”). For a plan year of less than 12 months (short plan year), insert the short plan year beginning and ending dates on the line provided at the top of the form. For purposes of this form, the short plan year ends on the date of the change in accounting period or the complete distribution of the plan’s assets. Because an eligible combined plan includes both a defined benefit plan and a defined contribution plan, the Form 5500-EZ filed for the plan must include all the information that would be required for either a defined benefit plan or a defined contribution plan. First Return Check box A(1) if this is the first filing for this plan. Do not check this box if you have ever filed for this plan, even if it was a different form (for example, Form 5500). Note. The 2025 Schedule MB (Form 5500) and the 2025 Schedule SB (Form 5500) are available only electronically from the Department of Labor website at www.efast.dol.gov. You can complete the schedules online and print them out for your records. If you are a Form 5500-EZ filer, do not attempt to electronically file the Schedule MB or Schedule SB related to your 2025 Form 5500-EZ filing. Amended Return Check box A(2) if you are filing an amended Form 5500-EZ to correct errors and/or omissions in a previously filed annual return for the 2025 plan year. The amended Form 5500-EZ must conform to the requirements under the How To File section, earlier. When To File If you are filing an amended return for a one-participant plan or a foreign plan that previously filed electronically using Form 5500-SF or Form 5500-EZ, you must submit the amended return electronically using the prior-year Form 5500-EZ for amending returns originally filed for the prior years or use the current-year Form 5500-EZ for amending returns filed for the current year or returns originally filed older than 3-years. Do Not use Form 5500SF for an amended return of a one-participant plan or a foreign plan, even if you previously filed using Form 5500-SF. File the 2025 return for plan years that started in 2025. Form 5500-EZ must be filed by the last day of the 7th calendar month after the end of the plan year that began in 2025 (not to exceed 12 months in length). Note. If the filing due date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the return may be filed on the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. Where To File If you are filing an amended return for a one-participant plan or a foreign plan that was previously filed on a paper Form 5500EZ, you must submit the amended return using the paper Form 5500-EZ with the IRS. File the paper Form 5500-EZ at the following address: Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service Ogden, UT 84201-0020 Short Plan Year Private delivery services (PDSs). You can use certain private delivery services designated by the IRS to meet the “timely mailing as timely filing/paying” rule for tax returns and payments. Go to IRS.gov/PDS for the current list of designated services. Check box A(4) if this form is filed for a period of less than 12 months. Show the dates at the top of the form. For a short plan year, file a return by the last day of the 7th month following the end of the short plan year. Modify the heading of the form to show the beginning and ending dates of your short plan year and check box A(4) for a short plan year. If this is also the first or final return filed for the plan, check the appropriate box (box A(1) or A(3)). The PDS can tell you how to get written proof of the mailing date. Private delivery services use the following address: Internal Revenue Submission Processing Center 1973 Rulon White Blvd. Ogden, UT 84201 Final Return All one-participant plans and all foreign plans should file a return for their final plan year indicating that all assets have been distributed. Who Must Sign The plan administrator or employer (owner) must sign and date paper Form 5500-EZ for the 2025 filing. Check box A(3) if all assets under the plan(s) (including insurance/annuity contracts) have been distributed to the participants and beneficiaries or distributed or transferred to another plan. The final plan year is the year in which distribution of all plan assets is completed. Penalties Code section 6652(e) imposes a penalty of $250 a day (up to a maximum penalty of $150,000 per plan year) for not filing returns in connection with pension, profit-sharing, etc., plans by the required due date. Instructions for Form 5500-EZ (2025) Extension of Time To File -3- Using Form 5558 If filing under an extension of time based on the filing of a Form 5558, Application for Extension of Time To File Certain Employee Plan Returns, do not attach Form 5558 to your Form 5500-EZ. Check the “Form 5558” box in Part I, line B. A one-time extension of time to file Form 5500-EZ (up to 2½ months) may be obtained by filing Form 5558 on or before the normal due date (not including any extensions) of the return. A copy of the completed extension request must be retained with the plan’s records. Please see Instructions for Form 5558 for more information on how and where to file. 14704 attached to the front of the oldest delinquent return in the submission. Form 14704 can be found at www.irs.gov/pub/irspdf/f14704.pdf. See Rev. Proc. 2015-32, 2015-24 1063, for more information. A retroactively adopted plan as permitted by SECURE Act section 201 Check this box E if the plan sponsor adopted the plan during the 2025 plan year (i.e., by the due date, including extension, for filing the plan sponsor’s tax return for the 2024 taxable year) and elected to treat the plan as having been adopted before the 2025 plan year began (i.e., at the close as of the last day of the sponsor’s taxable year) as permitted by section 201 of the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (SECURE ACT). Plans in this situation are not required to file a 2024 Form 5500-EZ. However, if the plan is a defined benefit pension plan, the enrolled actuary must complete and sign the 2024 Schedule SB (Form 5500) in addition to the 2025 Schedule SB (Form 5500) and the plan sponsor must retain both 2024 and 2025 Schedule SBs for its records. Please see Instructions for Schedule SB for more information. Note. Line A of the Form 5558 asks for “Name of filer, plan administrator, or plan sponsor.” The name of the plan sponsor is generally the same as the employer name for a one-participant plan. Using Extension of Time To File Federal Income Tax Return Filers are automatically granted an extension of time to file Form 5500-EZ until the extended due date of the federal income tax return of the employer (and are not required to file Form 5558) if all of the following conditions are met. 1. The plan year and the employer’s tax year are the same; 2. The employer has been granted an extension of time to file its federal income tax return to a date later than the normal due date for filing the Form 5500-EZ; and 3. A copy of the application for extension of time to file the federal income tax return is retained with the plan’s records. Part II – Basic Plan Information 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. Be sure to check the “automatic extension” box in Part I, line B. at the top of the form. An extension granted by using this exception cannot be extended further by filing a Form 5558 after the normal due date (without extension) of Form 5500-EZ. Other Extensions of Time The IRS may announce special extensions of time under certain circumstances, such as extensions for Presidentially-declared disasters or for service in, or in support of, the Armed Forces of the United States in a combat zone. If you are relying on one of these announced special extensions, check the “special extension” box on the Form 5500-EZ, Part I, line B, and enter a description of the announced authority for the extension. 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. Foreign Plan Check box C if the return is filed by a foreign plan. See Who Must File Form 5500-EZ, earlier. Check box D only if you are filing a paper Form 5500-EZ with the IRS for the late filer penalty relief program. The delinquent return cannot be file electronically through the EFAST2 System. Note. You can use Form 8822-B, Change of Address or Responsible Party — Business, to notify the IRS if you changed your business mailing address, your business location, or the identity of your responsible party. Late Filer Penalty Relief Program The IRS Late Filer Penalty Relief Program for late annual reporting for non-Title I retirement plans (one-participant plans and certain foreign plans) provides administrative relief to plan administrators and plan sponsors from the penalties otherwise applicable under sections 6652(e) and 6692 for failing to timely comply with the annual reporting requirements imposed under sections 6047(e), 6058, and 6059. Rev. Proc. 2015-32 requires that an applicant must submit a complete Form 5500-EZ for the delinquent plan year on paper with the IRS. The IRS delinquent return cannot be filed electronically through EFAST2 System. An applicant under the program must print in red letters in the top margin above the Form 5500-EZ’s title on the first page of the return: “Delinquent Return Submitted under Rev. Proc. 2015-32, Eligible for Penalty Relief.” A filer who checks box D and submits the delinquent 2025 Form 5500-EZ under the program is not required to also mark the return as described in Rev. Proc. 2015-32. However, the return must still be marked as described in Rev. Proc. 2015-32 for delinquent returns for years that have no box D available. Please be aware that each submission under the program must include a completed paper copy of Form Foreign address. For foreign addresses, enter the information in the order of the city or town, state or province, country, and ZIP or foreign postal code. Follow the country’s practice in placing the postal code in the address. Do not abbreviate the country name. Line 2b. Enter the employer’s nine-digit employer identification number (EIN). For example, 00-1234567. Do not enter a social security number (SSN). Employers without an EIN must apply for one as soon as possible. EINs are issued by the IRS. You can apply for an EIN: • Online — Go to the IRS website at IRS.gov/Businesses and click on “Employer ID Numbers.” The EIN is issued immediately once the application information is validated. • By mailing or faxing Form SS-4, Application for Employer Identification Number. -4- Instructions for Form 5500-EZ (2025) a “cash-out” distribution or deemed distribution of their entire nonforfeitable accrued benefit. The online application process is not yet available for plans addresses in foreign countries. Foreign plans may not ▲ ! with apply for an EIN online but must use one of the other methods CAUTION 2. Retired or separated participants receiving benefits (for example, individuals who are retired or separated from employment covered by the plan and who are receiving benefits under the plan). This category does not include any individual to whom an insurance company has made an irrevocable commitment to pay all the benefits to which the individual is entitled under the plan. 3. Other retired or separated participants entitled to future benefits (for example, any individuals who are retired or separated from employment covered by the plan and who are entitled to begin receiving benefits under the plan in the future). This category does not include any individual to whom an insurance company has made an irrevocable commitment to pay all the benefits to which the individual is entitled under the plan. 4. Deceased individuals who had one or more beneficiaries who are receiving or are entitled to receive benefits under the plan. This category does not include any individual to whom an insurance company has made an irrevocable commitment to pay all the benefits to which the beneficiaries of that individual are entitled under the plan. to apply. However, foreign plans may call 267-941-1099 (not a toll-free number) to apply for an EIN. For more information, see the Instructions for Form SS-4. Line 2c. Enter the employer’s telephone number including the area code. Line 2d. Enter the six-digit applicable code that best describes the nature of the plan sponsor’s business from the list of principal business activity codes later in these instructions. Line 3a. Each row is designed to contain specific information regarding the plan administrator. Please limit your response to the information required in each row of boxes as specified below. 1. Enter in the first row the name of the plan administrator unless the administrator is the employer identified in line 2a. If this is the case, enter the word “Same” on line 3a and leave the remainder of line 3a, and all of lines 3b and 3c, blank. 2. Enter in the second row any in care of (“C/O”) name. 3. Enter in the third row the street address. A post office box number may be entered if the Post Office does not deliver mail to the administrator’s street address. 4. Enter in the fourth row the name of the city, the twocharacter abbreviation of the U.S. state or possession and ZIP code. Line 5c. Include any individual who terminated employment during this plan year, whether or not he or she (a) incurred a break in service, (b) received an irrevocable commitment from an insurance company to pay all the benefits to which he or she is entitled under the plan, and/or (c) received a cash distribution or deemed cash distribution of his or her nonforfeitable accrued benefit. Foreign address. For foreign addresses, enter the information in the order of the city or town, state or province, country, and ZIP or foreign postal code. Follow the country’s practice in placing the postal code in the address. Do not abbreviate the country name. Part III – Financial Information Line 3b. Enter the plan administrator’s nine-digit EIN. A plan administrator must have an EIN for Form 5500-EZ reporting purposes. If the plan administrator does not have an EIN, apply for one as explained in the instructions for line 2b. 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 3c. Enter the plan administrator’s telephone number including the area code. Lines 4a–4d. If the employer’s name, the employer’s EIN, and/or the plan name has changed since the last return was filed for this plan, enter the employer’s name and EIN, the plan name, and the plan number as it appeared on the last return filed for this plan. 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). Line 5a(1). Enter the total number of participants at the beginning of the plan year. Line 5a(2). Enter the total number of active participants at the beginning of the plan year. Line 5b(1). Enter the total number of participants at the end of the plan year. 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 5b(2). Enter the total number of active participants at the end of the plan year. “Participant” for purpose of lines 5a(1)–5b(2) means any individual who is included in one of the categories below. 1. Active participants (for example, any individuals who are currently in employment covered by the plan and who are earning or retaining credited service under the plan) including: • Any individuals who are eligible to elect to have the employer make payments under a section 401(k) qualified cash or deferred arrangement, and • Any nonvested individuals who are earning or retaining credited service under the plan. 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. This category does not include (a) nonvested former employees who have incurred the break in service period specified in the plan or (b) former employees who have received Part IV – Plan Characteristics Instructions for Form 5500-EZ (2025) 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. Line 8. Do not leave blank. Enter all applicable two-character plan characteristic codes that applied during the reporting year -5- from the List of Plan Characteristic Codes shown later that describe the characteristics of the plan being reported. way that negates the Opinion Letter, then the plan sponsor is no longer an Adopting Employer of a Pre-approved Plan, and the plan is treated as an individually designed plan. An “Opinion Letter” is a written statement issued by the IRS to a Provider or Mass Submitter as an opinion on the qualification in form of a plan under Code section 401(a), Code section 403(a), or both Code sections 401 or 403(a) and 4975(e)(7). See Revenue Procedure 2017-41 for more information. The opinion letter serial number is a unique combination of a capital letter and a series of six numbers assigned to each opinion letter. Note. In the case of an eligible combined plan under section 414(x) and ERISA section 210(e), the codes entered in the boxes on line 9 must include any codes applicable for either the defined benefit pension features or the defined contribution pension features of the plan. Part V – Compliance and Funding Questions Line 9. You must check “Yes” if the plan had any participant loans outstanding at any time during the plan year and enter the amount outstanding as of the end of the plan year. Privacy Act and Paperwork Reduction Act Notice. We ask for the information on this form to carry out the Internal Revenue laws of the United States. This form is required to be filed under section 6058(a). Section 6109 requires you to provide your identification number. If you fail to provide this information in a timely manner or if you provide false or fraudulent information, you may be subject to penalties. Section 6104(b) makes the information contained in this form publicly available. Therefore, the information will be given to anyone who asks for it and may be given to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) for administration of ERISA, the Department of Justice for civil and criminal litigation, and cities, states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. commonwealths and possessions for use in administering their tax laws. We may also disclose this information to other countries under a treaty, to federal and state agencies to enforce federal non-tax criminal laws, and to federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies to combat terrorism. Enter on this line all loans to participants, including residential mortgage loans that are subject to section 72(p). Include the sum of the value of the unpaid principal balances, plus accrued but unpaid interest, if any, for participant loans made under an individual account plan with investment experience segregated for each account made in accordance with 29 CFR 2550.408b1 and which are secured solely by a portion of the participant’s vested accrued benefit. When applicable, combine this amount with the current value of any other participant loans. Do not include a participant loan that has been deemed distributed. Line 10. Check “Yes” if this plan is a defined benefit plan subject to the minimum funding standard requirements of Code section 412. Line 10a. Enter the unpaid minimum required contribution for all years from line 40 of Schedule SB (Form 5500). You are not required to provide the information requested on a form that is subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act unless the form displays a valid OMB control number. Books or records relating to a form or its instructions must be retained as long as their contents may become material in the administration of the Internal Revenue Code. Generally, the Form 5500 series return/ reports and some of the related schedules are open to public inspection. If the plan is a defined benefit plan, the enrolled actuary must complete and sign the 2025 Schedule SB (Form 5500) and forward it no later than the filing due date to the person responsible for filing Form 5500-EZ. The completed Schedule SB is subject to the records retention provisions of the Code. See the 2025 Instructions for Form 5500 for more information about Schedule SB. The time needed to complete and file this form will vary depending on individual circumstances. The estimated average time is: Line 11a. If a waiver of the minimum funding standard for a prior year is being amortized in the current plan year, enter the month, day, and year (MM/DD/YYYY) the letter ruling was granted. Recordkeeping ..................................................... 19 hr., 07 min. Learning about the law or the form ....................... 3 hr., 01min. Preparing the form ................................................. 5 hr., 19 min. Copying, assembling, and sending the form ................ 32 min. If a money purchase defined contribution plan (including a target benefit plan) has received a waiver of the minimum funding standard, and the waiver is currently being amortized, complete lines 3, 9, and 10 of Schedule MB (Form 5500). See the Instructions for Schedule MB in the Instructions for Form 5500. Do not attach Schedule MB to the Form 5500-EZ. Instead, keep the completed Schedule MB in accordance with the applicable records retention requirements. If you have suggestions for making this form simpler, we would be happy to hear from you. You can send us comments from IRS. gov/FormComment. Or you can write to the Internal Revenue Service, Tax Forms and Publications Division, 1111 Constitution Ave. NW, IR-6526, Washington, DC 20234. Do not send this form to this address. Instead, see Where To File, earlier. Line 12. If a plan sponsor or an employer adopted a Preapproved Plan that had received a favorable Opinion Letter, enter the date of the most recent favorable Opinion Letter issued by the IRS and the Opinion Letter serial number listed on the letter. A “Pre-approved Plan” is a plan approved by the IRS with a favorable opinion letter that is made available by a Provider for adoption by employers, including a standardized plan or a nonstandardized plan. A Pre-approved Plan may utilize either of two forms: a basic plan document with an adoption agreement or a single plan document. The employer is permitted to make minor modifications to the plan. An “Adopting Employer” is an employer that adopts a Pre-approved Plan offered by a Provider, including a plan that is word-for-word identical to, or a minor modification of, a plan of a Mass Submitter. If a plan was modified in such a -6- Instructions for Form 5500-EZ (2025) LIST OF PLAN CHARACTERISTIC CODES FOR LINE 8 CODE Defined Benefit Pension Features 1A Benefits are primarily pay related. 1B Benefits are primarily flat dollar (includes dollars per year of service). 1C 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 (for example, 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 (for example, 10% of final average pay times years of service, or the amount of the employee’s hypothetical account balance). 1D Floor-offset plan – Plan benefits are subject to offset for retirement benefits provided by an employer-sponsored defined contribution plan. 1E Section 401(h) arrangement – Plan contains separate accounts under section 401(h) to provide employee health benefits. 1F 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). 1I CODE 2A CODE Offset plan – Plan benefits are subject to offset for retirement benefits provided in another plan or arrangement of the employer. 2E Profit-sharing plan. 2J Section 401(k) feature – A cash or deferred arrangement described in 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. 2K 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 contributions to the plan. Not applicable if plan is 401(k) plan with only QNECs and/or QMACs. Also not applicable if plan is a section 403(b)(1), 403(b)(7), or 408 arrangement/accounts annuities. 2R Participant-directed brokerage accounts provided as an investment option under the plan. 2S Plan provides for automatic enrollment in plan that has elective contributions deducted from payroll. 2T Total or partial participant-directed account plan – Plan uses default investment account for participants who fail to direct assets in their account. CODE 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). 2B Target benefit plan. 2C Money purchase (other than target benefit) plan. Instructions for Form 5500-EZ (2025) -7- Other Pension Benefit Features 3A Non-U.S. plan – Pension plan maintained outside the United States primarily for nonresident aliens. 3B Plan covering self-employed individuals. 3C Plan not intended to be qualified – A plan not intended to be qualified under section 401, 403, or 408. 3D Pre-approved pension plan – A pre-approved pension plan under sections 401, 403(a), 403(b), and 4975(e)(7) of the Code that is subject to a favorable opinion letter from the IRS. 3E A one-participant plan that satisfies minimum coverage requirements of section 410(b) only when combined with another plan of the employer. 3F Plan sponsor(s) received services of leased employees, as defined in section 414(n), during the plan year. 3H Plan sponsor(s) is (are) a member(s) of a controlled group, or affiliated service group (section 414(b), (c), or (m)). 3J U.S.-based plan that covers residents of Puerto Rico and is qualified under both section 401 and section 1165 of the Internal Revenue Code of Puerto Rico. Defined Contribution Pension Features 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 threshold or additional rate exceeds the maximum threshold or rate allowed under the permitted disparity rules of section 401(l). Defined Contribution Pension Features 2D Forms 5500, 5500-SF, and 5500-EZ Codes for Principal Business Activity Code Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting This list of principal business activities and their associated codes is designed to classify an enterprise by the type of activity in which it is engaged. 111100 Oilseed & Grain Farming 111210 Vegetable & Melon Farming (including potatoes & yams) 111300 Fruit & Tree Nut Farming 111400 Greenhouse, Nursery, & Floriculture Production 111900 Other Crop Farming (including tobacco, cotton, sugarcane, hay, peanut, sugar beet, & all other crop farming) Animal Production 112111 Beef Cattle Ranching & Farming 112112 Cattle Feedlots 112120 Dairy Cattle & Milk Production 112210 Hog & Pig Farming 112300 Poultry & Egg Production 112400 Sheep & Goat Farming 112510 Aquaculture (including shellfish & finfish farms & hatcheries) 112900 Other Animal Production Specialty Trade Contractors Code 238100 Foundation, Structure, & Building Exterior Contractors (including framing carpentry, masonry, glass, roofing, & siding) Chemical Manufacturing 325410 Pharmaceutical & Medicine Mfg Building Finishing Contractors (including drywall, insulation, painting, wallcovering, flooring, tile, & finish carpentry) 325500 Paint, Coating, & Adhesive Mfg 325600 Soap, Cleaning Compound, & Toilet Preparation Mfg Code Manufacturing Food Manufacturing 311110 Animal Food Mfg 311200 Grain & Oilseed Milling 311300 Sugar & Confectionary Product Mfg 311610 113210 Forest Nurseries & Gathering of Forest Products Animal Slaughtering and Processing 113310 Logging 115210 Support Activities for Crop Production (including cotton ginning, soil preparation, planting, & cultivating) Support Activities for Animal Production 115310 Support Activities for Forestry Code Mining 211120 Crude Petroleum Extraction 211130 Natural Gas Extraction 212110 Coal Mining 212200 Metal Ore Mining 212310 Stone Mining & Quarrying 212320 Sand, Gravel, Clay, & Ceramic & Refractory Minerals Mining, & Quarrying 212390 Other Nonmetallic Mineral Mining & Quarrying 213110 Support Activities for Mining Code Utilities 221100 Electric Power Generation, Transmission & Distribution 221210 Natural Gas Distribution 221300 Other Electrical Equipment & Component Mfg 238300 Dairy Product Mfg 115110 Electrical Equipment Mfg 335900 Other Building Equipment Contractors 311500 Hunting & Trapping Major Household Appliance Mfg 335310 238290 Timber Tract Operations Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry Electric Lighting Equipment Mfg 335200 Pesticide, Fertilizer, & Other Agricultural Chemical Mfg 113110 114210 335100 325300 Forestry and Logging Fishing Resin, Synthetic Rubber, & Artificial & Synthetic Fibers & Filaments Mfg Plumbing, Heating, & AirConditioning Contractors Fruit & Vegetable Preserving & Specialty Food Mfg 114110 Basic Chemical Mfg 238220 Other Specialty Trade Contractors (including site preparation) Manufacturing Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing 325200 Electrical Contractors 238900 Code 325100 238210 311400 Fishing, Hunting and Trapping Manufacturing Code Crop Production These principal activity codes are based on the North American Industry Classification System. Transportation Equipment Manufacturing 336100 Motor Vehicle Mfg 336210 Motor Vehicle Body & Trailer Mfg 336300 Motor Vehicle Parts Mfg 336410 Aerospace Product & Parts Mfg Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing 336510 Railroad Rolling Stock Mfg 336610 Ship & Boat Building 326100 Plastics Product Mfg 336990 326200 Rubber Product Mfg Other Transportation Equipment Mfg 325900 Other Chemical Product & Preparation Mfg Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing 327100 Clay Product & Refractory Mfg 327210 Glass & Glass Product Mfg 327300 Cement & Concrete Product Mfg 327400 Lime & Gypsum Product Mfg 327900 Other Nonmetallic Mineral Product Mfg Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing 337000 Furniture & Related Product Manufacturing Miscellaneous Manufacturing 339110 Medical Equipment & Supplies Mfg 339900 Other Miscellaneous Mfg Code Wholesale Trade Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods 311710 Seafood Product Preparation & Packaging Primary Metal Manufacturing 331110 Iron & Steel Mills & Ferroalloy Mfg 423100 311800 Bakeries, Tortilla & Dry Pasta Mfg 331200 Motor Vehicle, & Motor Vehicle Parts & Supplies 311900 Other Food Mfg (including coffee, tea, flavorings & seasonings) Steel Product Mfg from Purchased Steel 423200 Furniture & Home Furnishings 331310 Alumina & Aluminum Production & Processing 423300 Lumber & Other Construction Materials 331400 Nonferrous Metal (except Aluminum) Production & Processing 423400 Professional & Commercial Equipment & Supplies 423500 Metal & Mineral (except petroleum) 331500 Foundries 423600 Household Appliances and Electrical & Electronic Goods 423700 Hardware, Plumbing, & Heating Equipment & Supplies 423800 Machinery, Equipment, & Supplies 423910 Sporting & Recreational Goods & Supplies 423920 Toy, & Hobby Goods, & Supplies 423930 Recyclable Materials Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing 312110 Soft Drink & Ice Mfg 312120 Breweries 312130 Wineries 312140 Distilleries 312200 Tobacco Manufacturing Textile Mills and Textile Product Mills 313000 Textile Mills 314000 Textile Product Mills Apparel Manufacturing Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing 332110 Forging & Stamping 332210 Cutlery & Handtool Mfg 332300 Architectural & Structural Metals Mfg 332400 Boiler, Tank, & Shipping Container Mfg 332510 Hardware Mfg 332610 Spring & Wire Product Mfg 423940 332700 Machine Shops; Turned Product; & Screw, Nut, & Bolt Mfg Jewelry, Watch, Precious Stone, & Precious Metals 423990 Other Miscellaneous Durable Goods 315100 Apparel Knitting Mills 315210 Cut & Sew Apparel Contractors 315220 Men’s & Boys’ Cut & Sew Apparel Mfg. 315240 Women’s, Girls’ and Infants’ Cut & Sew Apparel Mfg. 332810 Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods 315280 Other Cut & Sew Apparel Mfg Coating, Engraving, Heat Treating, & Allied Activities Paper & Paper Products Apparel Accessories & Other Apparel Mfg Other Fabricated Metal Product Mfg 424100 315990 332900 424210 Drugs & Druggists’ Sundries Machinery Manufacturing 424300 Apparel, Piece Goods, & Notions 333100 Agriculture, Construction, & Mining Machinery Mfg 424400 Grocery & Related Products 333200 Industrial Machinery Mfg 424500 Farm Product Raw Materials 333310 Commercial & Service Industry Machinery Mfg 424600 Chemical & Allied Products 424700 Petroleum & Petroleum Products 333410 Ventilation, Heating, AirConditioning, & Commercial Refrigeration Equipment Mfg 424800 Beer, Wine, & Distilled Alcoholic Beverages 424910 Farm Supplies 333510 Metalworking Machinery Mfg 424920 Book, Periodical, & Newspapers 333610 Engine, Turbine & Power Transmission Equipment Mfg 424930 Flower, Nursery Stock, & Florists’ Supplies 333900 Other General Purpose Machinery Mfg 424940 Tobacco & Tobacco Products 424950 Paint, Varnish, & Supplies Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing 424990 Other Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods 334110 Computer & Peripheral Equipment Mfg Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers 334200 Communications Equipment Mfg 425110 334310 Audio & Video Equipment Mfg Business to Business Electronic Markets 334410 Semiconductor & Other Electronic Component Mfg 425120 Wholesale Trade Agents & Brokers 334500 Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, & Control Instruments Mfg 334610 Manufacturing & Reproducing Magnetic & Optical Media Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing 316110 Leather & Hide Tanning, & Finishing 316210 Footwear Mfg (including rubber & plastics) Water, Sewage & Other Systems 316990 Other Leather & Allied Product Mfg 221500 Combination Gas & Electric Wood Product Manufacturing Code Construction 321110 Sawmills & Wood Preservation Construction of Buildings 321210 Veneer, Plywood, & Engineered Wood Product Mfg Other Wood Product Mfg 236110 Residential Building Construction 236200 Nonresidential Building Construction 321900 Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 322100 Pulp, Paper, & Paperboard Mills 237100 Utility System Construction 322200 Converted Paper Product Mfg 237210 Land Subdivision Printing and Related Support Activities 237310 Highway, Street, & Bridge Construction 323100 237990 Other Heavy & Civil Engineering Construction Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing Paper Manufacturing Printing & Related Support Activities 324110 Petroleum Refineries (including integrated) 324120 Asphalt Paving, Roofing, & Saturated Materials Mfg 324190 Other Petroleum & Coal Products Mfg -8- Instructions for Form 5500-EZ (2025) Forms 5500, 5500-SF, and 5500-EZ Codes for Principal Business Activity (continued) Code Retail Trade Code Retail Trade Code Information Code Finance and Insurance Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers Miscellaneous Store Retailers Publishing Industries (except Internet) Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles 441110 New Car Dealers 453110 Florists 511110 Newspaper Publishers 525100 441120 Used Car Dealers 453210 Office Supplies & Stationery Stores 511120 Periodical Publishers Insurance & Employee Benefit Funds 441210 Recreational Vehicle Dealers 453220 Gift, Novelty, & Souvenir Stores 511130 Book Publishers 525910 441222 Boat Dealers 453310 Used Merchandise Stores 511140 Directory & Mailing List Publishers Open-End Investment Funds (Form 1120-RIC) 441228 Motorcycle, ATV, and All Other Motor Vehicle Dealers 453910 Pet & Pet Supplies Stores 511190 Other Publishers 525920 441300 Automotive Parts, Accessories, & Tire Stores 453920 Art Dealers 511210 Software Publishers Trusts, Estates, & Agency Accounts 453930 Manufactured (Mobile) Home Dealers Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries 525990 Other Financial Vehicles (including mortgage REITs & closed-end investment funds) 453990 All Other Miscellaneous Store Retailers (including tobacco, candle, & trophy shops) 512100 Motion Picture & Video Industries (except video rental) 512200 Sound Recording Industries Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores 442110 Furniture Stores 442210 Floor Covering Stores 442291 Window Treatment Stores 442299 All Other Home Furnishings Stores Electronics and Appliance Stores 443141 Household Appliance Stores 443142 Electronics Stores (including Audio, Video, Computer, and Camera Stores) Nonstore Retailers 454110 454210 Vending Machine Operators 454310 Fuel Dealers (including Heating Oil and Liquefied Petroleum) 454390 Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers 444110 Home Centers 444120 Paint & Wallpaper Stores 444130 Hardware Stores 444190 Other Building Material Dealers 444200 Lawn & Garden Equipment & Supplies Stores Electronic Shopping & Mail-Order Houses Code Other Direct Selling Establishments (including door-to-door retailing, frozen food plan providers, party plan merchandisers, & coffee-break service providers) Transportation and Warehousing Air, Rail, and Water Transportation 481000 Air Transportation Food and Beverage Stores 482110 Rail Transportation 445110 Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores 483000 Water Transportation 445120 Convenience Stores 445210 Meat Markets 484110 General Freight Trucking, Local 445220 Fish & Seafood Markets 484120 General Freight Trucking, Long-distance 445230 Fruit & Vegetable Markets 484200 Specialized Freight Trucking 445291 Baked Goods Stores 445292 Confectionery & Nut Stores Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation 445299 All Other Specialty Food Stores 445310 Beer, Wine, & Liquor Stores Health and Personal Care Stores 446110 Pharmacies & Drug Stores 446120 Cosmetics, Beauty Supplies, & Perfume Stores 446130 Optical Goods Stores 446190 Other Health & Personal Care Stores Gasoline Stations 447100 Gasoline Stations (including convenience stores with gas) Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores 448110 Men’s Clothing Stores 448120 Women’s Clothing Stores 448130 Children’s & Infants’ Clothing Stores Truck Transportation Telecommunications (including paging, cellular, satellite, cable & other program distribution, resellers, other telecommunications, & internet service providers) Data Processing Services 518210 Data Processing, Hosting, & Related Services Other Information Services 519100 Code Other Information Services (including news syndicates, libraries, internet publishing & broadcasting) Finance and Insurance Depository Credit Intermediation 522110 Commercial Banking 522120 Savings Institutions 522130 Credit Unions 522190 Other Depository Credit Intermediation 522210 Credit Card Issuing 485310 Taxi Service 522220 Sales Financing 485320 Limousine Service 522291 Consumer Lending 485410 School & Employee Bus Transportation 522292 Real Estate Credit (including mortgage bankers & originators) 485510 Charter Bus Industry 522293 International Trade Financing 485990 Other Transit & Ground Passenger Transportation 522294 Secondary Market Financing 522298 All Other Nondepository Credit Intermediation 486000 Pipeline Transportation Scenic & Sightseeing Transportation 487000 Support Activities for Transportation 488100 Support Activities for Air Transportation 488210 Support Activities for Rail Transportation 488300 Support Activities for Water Transportation Other Clothing Stores 448210 Shoe Stores 448310 Jewelry Stores 488410 Motor Vehicle Towing 448320 Luggage & Leather Goods Stores 488490 Sporting Goods, Hobby, Book, and Music Stores Other Support Activities for Road Transportation 488510 Freight Transportation Arrangement Other Support Activities for Transportation 451110 Sporting Goods Stores 451120 Hobby, Toy, & Game Stores 488990 451130 Sewing, Needlework, & Piece Goods Stores Couriers and Messengers Musical Instrument & Supplies Stores 492110 Couriers 492210 Local Messengers & Local Delivery 451211 Book Stores 451212 News Dealers & Newsstands Warehousing and Storage 493100 General Merchandise Stores Instructions for Form 5500-EZ (2025) Activities Related to Credit Intermediation 522300 Scenic & Sightseeing Transportation 448190 General Merchandise Stores incl. Warehouse Clubs & Supercenters 517000 Nondepository Credit Intermediation Clothing Accessories Stores Department Stores Real Estate Telecommunications Interurban & Rural Bus Transportation Family Clothing Stores 452300 Code Cable & Other Subscription Programming 485210 448150 452200 Radio & Television Broadcasting 515210 Urban Transit Systems Pipeline Transportation Warehousing & Storage (except lessors of miniwarehouses & selfstorage units) Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 515100 485110 448140 451140 Broadcasting (except Internet) “Offices of Bank Holding Companies” and “Offices of Other Holding Companies” are located under Management of Companies (Holding Companies). Activities Related to Credit Intermediation (including loan brokers, check clearing, & money transmitting) 531110 Lessors of Residential Buildings & Dwellings (including equity REITs) 531120 Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings (except Miniwarehouses) (including equity REITs) 531130 Lessors of Miniwarehouses & SelfStorage Units (including equity REITs) 531190 Lessors of Other Real Estate Property (including equity REITs) 531210 Offices of Real Estate Agents & Brokers 531310 Real Estate Property Managers 531320 Offices of Real Estate Appraisers 531390 Other Activities Related to Real Estate Rental and Leasing Services 532100 Automotive Equipment Rental & Leasing 532210 Consumer Electronics & Appliances Rental 532281 Formal Wear & Costume Rental 532282 Video Tape & Disc Rental 532283 Home Health Equipment Rental 532284 Recreational Goods Rental 532289 All Other Consumer Goods Rental 532310 General Rental Centers 532400 Commercial & Industrial Machinery & Equipment Rental & Leasing Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except copyrighted works) 533110 Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except copyrighted works) Code Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services Legal Services 541110 Offices of Lawyers Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities 541190 Other Legal Services 523110 Investment Banking & Securities Dealing 541211 Offices of Certified Public Accountants 523120 Securities Brokerage 541213 Tax Preparation Services 523130 Commodity Contracts Dealing 541214 Payroll Services 523140 Commodity Contracts Brokerage 541219 Other Accounting Services 523210 Securities & Commodity Exchanges Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services 523900 Other Financial Investment Activities (including portfolio management & investment advice) 541310 Architectural Services 541320 Landscape Architecture Services 541330 Engineering Services 541340 Drafting Services 541350 Building Inspection Services 541360 Geophysical Surveying & Mapping Services 541370 Surveying & Mapping (except Geophysical) Services 541380 Testing Laboratories Insurance Carriers and Related Activities 524130 Reinsurance Carriers 524140 Direct Life, Health, & Medical Insurance Carriers 524150 Direct Insurance (except Life, Health & Medical) Carriers 524210 Insurance Agencies & Brokerages 524290 Other Insurance Related Activities (including third-party administration of Insurance and pension funds) -9- Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services Specialized Design Services 541400 Specialized Design Services (including interior, industrial, graphic, & fashion design) Forms 5500, 5500-SF, and 5500-EZ Codes for Principal Business Activity (continued) Code Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services Computer Systems Design and Related Services 541511 Custom Computer Programming Services 541512 Computer Systems Design Services 541513 Computer Facilities Management Services 541519 Other Computer Related Services Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 541600 541700 Management, Scientific, & Technical Consulting Services Scientific Research & Development Services Code Educational Services 611000 Educational Services (including schools, colleges, & universities) Code Health Care and Social Assistance Offices of Physicians and Dentists 621111 Offices of Physicians (except mental health specialists) 621112 Offices of Physicians, Mental Health Specialists 621210 Offices of Dentists Offices of Other Health Practitioners Code Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation Amusements, Gambling, and Recreation Industries Other Amusement & Recreation Industries (including golf courses, skiing facilities, marinas, fitness centers, & bowling centers) Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, & Similar Organizations (including condominium and homeowners associations) 813930 Labor Unions and Similar Labor Organizations Accommodation and Food Services 921000 Amusement Parks & Arcades 713200 Gambling Industries 713900 Accommodation 621310 Offices of Chiropractors 621320 Offices of Optometrists 721110 621330 Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians) Hotels (except Casino Hotels) & Motels 721120 Casino Hotels 721191 Bed & Breakfast Inns 721199 All other Traveler Accommodation 541800 Advertising & Related Services 621340 541910 Marketing Research & Public Opinion Polling Offices of Physical, Occupational & Speech Therapists, & Audiologists 621391 Offices of Podiatrists 721210 Offices of all Other Miscellaneous Health Practitioners RV (Recreational Vehicle) Parks & Recreational Camps 721310 Rooming and Boarding Houses, Dormitories, and Workers’ Camps 541920 Photographic Services 621399 541930 Translation & Interpretation Services Outpatient Care Centers 541940 Veterinary Services 541990 All Other Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services Code Management of Companies (Holding Companies) 551111 Offices of Bank Holding Companies 551112 Code 621410 Family Planning Centers 621420 Outpatient Mental Health & Substance Abuse Centers 621491 HMO Medical Centers 621492 Kidney Dialysis Centers 621493 Freestanding Ambulatory Surgical & Emergency Centers Offices of Other Holding Companies 621498 Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services 621510 Administration and Support Services All Other Outpatient Care Centers Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories Medical & Diagnostic Laboratories Home Health Care Services 621610 Home Health Care Services Other Ambulatory Health Care Services 561110 Office Administrative Services 561210 Facilities Support Services 561300 Employment Services 561410 Document Preparation Services 561420 Telephone Call Centers 622000 561430 Business Service Centers (including private mail centers & copy shops) 623000 561440 Collection Agencies Social Assistance 561450 Credit Bureaus 624100 Individual & Family Services 561490 Other Business Support Services (including repossession services, court reporting, & stenotype services) 624200 Community Food & Housing, & Emergency & Other Relief Services 561500 Travel Arrangement & Reservation Services 624310 Vocational Rehabilitation Services 624410 Child Day Care Services 561600 Investigation & Security Services Code 561710 Exterminating & Pest Control Services Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation 561720 Janitorial Services 561730 Landscaping Services 561740 Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning Services 561790 Other Services to Buildings & Dwellings 561900 Other Support Services (including packaging & labeling services, & convention & trade show organizers) Waste Management and Remediation Services 562000 Waste Management and Remediation Services 621900 Other Ambulatory Health Care Services (including ambulance services & blood & organ banks) Hospitals Hospitals Nursing and Residential Care Facilities Nursing & Residential Care Facilities Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries 722300 Special Food Services (including food service contractors & caterers) 722410 Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) 722511 Full-Service Restaurants 722513 Limited-Service Restaurants 722514 Cafeterias and Buffets 722515 Snack and Non-alcoholic Beverage Bars Code Other Services 811110 Automotive Mechanical, & Electrical Repair & Maintenance 811120 Automotive Body, Paint, Interior, & Glass Repair 811190 Other Automotive Repair & Maintenance (including oil change & lubrication shops & car washes) 811210 Electronic & Precision Equipment Repair & Maintenance 811310 Commercial & Industrial Machinery & Equipment (except Automotive & Electronic) Repair & Maintenance 811410 Home & Garden Equipment & Appliance Repair & Maintenance 811420 Reupholstery & Furniture Repair 811430 Footwear & Leather Goods Repair 811490 Other Personal & Household Goods Repair & Maintenance Personal and Laundry Services Barber Shops Beauty Salons 812113 Nail Salons 812190 Other Personal Care Services (including diet & weight reducing centers) 812210 Funeral Homes & Funeral Services 812220 Cemeteries & Crematories 812310 Independent Artists, Writers, & Performers Coin-Operated Laundries & Drycleaners 812320 Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions Drycleaning & Laundry Services (except Coin-Operated) 812330 Linen & Uniform Supply 712100 812910 Pet Care (except Veterinary) Services 812920 Photofinishing 812930 Parking Lots & Garages 812990 All Other Personal Services 711210 Spectator Sports (including sports clubs & racetracks) 711300 Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, & Similar Events 711410 Agents & Managers for Artists, Athletes, Entertainers, & Other Public Figures 711510 Museums, Historical Sites, & Similar Institutions Governmental Instrumentality or Agency Repair and Maintenance 812112 Performing Arts Companies Code Food Services and Drinking Places 812111 711100 Other Services Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations 813000 713100 Code Code -10- Instructions for Form 5500-EZ (2025) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/agency%3Airs%3A886a878cf54a4b71. Public record. Not legal advice.