29 C.F.R. § 4010.4

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Filers.

CFR 2008 annual edition (revised as of 2008-07-01) · superseded Jul 1, 2009 · last amended by 70 FR 11544, Mar. 9, 2005

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(a) General. A contributing sponsor of a plan and each member of the contributing sponsor's controlled group is a filer with respect to an information year (unless exempted under paragraph (d) of this section) if—

(1) The aggregate unfunded vested benefits of all plans (including any exempt plans) maintained by the members of the contributing sponsor's controlled group exceed $50 million (disregarding those plans with no unfunded vested benefits);

(2) Any member of a controlled group fails to make a required installment or other required payment to a plan and, as a result, the conditions for imposition of a lien described in section 302(f)(1)(A) and (B) of ERISA or section 412(n)(1)(A) and (B) of the Code have been met during the information year, and the required installment or other required payment is not made within ten days after its due date; or

(3) Any plan maintained by a member of a controlled group has been granted one or more minimum funding waivers under section 303 of ERISA or section 412(d) of the Code, totaling in excess of $1 million and, as of the end of the plan year ending within the information year, any portion thereof is still outstanding (determined in accordance with paragraph (c) of this section).

(b) Unfunded vested benefits. (1) General. For purposes of the $50 million test in paragraph (a)(1) of this section, the value of a plan's unfunded vested benefits is determined at the end of the plan year ending within the filer's information year in accordance with section 4006(a)(3)(E)(iii) of ERISA and § 4006.4 of this chapter (without reference to the exemptions and special rules under § 4006.5 of this chapter).

(2) Contributions. For purposes of determining the value of a plan's unfunded vested benefits under paragraph (b)(1) of this section, contributions made after the end of the plan year ending within the filer's information year are taken into account for that plan year only to the extent that they are—

(i) Paid on or before the filing due date under § 4010.10(a) (without regard to the alternative due date under § 4010.10(b));

(ii) Attributable to that plan year for funding purposes under ERISA section 302(c)(1) and section 412(c)(10) of the Code; and

(iii) Discounted in accordance with § 4006.4(b)(2)(iv) if unfunded vested benefits are determined under § 4006.4(b) or in accordance with § 4006.4(c)(4) if unfunded vested benefits are determined under § 4006.4(c).

(c) Outstanding waiver. Before the end of the statutory amortization period, a portion of a minimum funding waiver for a plan is considered outstanding unless—

(1) A credit balance exists in the funding standard account (described in section 302(b) of ERISA and section 412(b) of the Code) that is no less than the outstanding balance of all waivers for the plan;

(2) A waiver condition or contractual obligation requires that a credit balance as described in paragraph (c)(1) continue to be maintained as of the end of each plan year during the remainder of the statutory amortization period for the waiver; and

(3) No portion of any credit balance described in paragraph (c)(1) is used to make any required installment under section 302(e) of ERISA or section 412(m) of the Code for any plan year during the remainder of the statutory amortization period.

(d) Exempt entities. A person is an exempt entity if the person—

(1) Is not a contributing sponsor of a plan (other than an exempt plan);

(2) Has revenue for its fiscal year ending within the controlled group's nformation year that is five percent or less of the controlled group's revenue for the fiscal year(s) ending within the information year;

(3) Has annual operating income for the fiscal year ending within the controlled group's information year that is no more than the greater of—

(i) Five percent of the controlled group's annual operating income for the fiscal year(s) ending within the information year, or

(ii) $5 million; and

(4) Has net assets at the end of the fiscal year ending within the controlled group's information year that is no more than the greater of—

(i) Five percent of the controlled group's net assets at the end of the fiscal year(s) ending within the information year, or

(ii) $5 million.

Source credit, amendments & notes

[61 FR 34022, July 1, 1996, as amended at 70 FR 11544, Mar. 9, 2005]

29 C.F.R. § 4010.4 — Filers. · CFR 2008 annual edition (revised as of 2008-07-01) · https://pensionresource.website/EAMain?content=EAMain.Law&id=cfr29-4010.4&asof=2009-01-05 · printed Oct 16, 2026

Implements

ERISA § 4010 (29 U.S.C. § 1310) Authority to require certain information

Cited by (code & regs)

29 C.F.R. § 4010.11 Waivers.
29 C.F.R. § 4010.2 Definitions.
29 C.F.R. § 4010.5 Information year.
29 C.F.R. § 4010.8 Plan actuarial information.
29 C.F.R. § 4010.12 Alternative method of compliance for certain spon…

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Also cited in 7 other documents

PBGC

Final Rules

90 FR 39320 Aug 15, 2025 — Miscellaneous Corrections, Clarifications, and Improvements
85 FR 6046 Feb 4, 2020 — Miscellaneous Corrections, Clarifications, and Improvements (a)(2)
81 FR 15432 Mar 23, 2016 — Annual Financial and Actuarial Information Reporting (a)(a)(1)(a)(2)(a)(3)(b)(b)(3)

Proposed Rules

90 FR 6894Proposed Jan 21, 2025 — Miscellaneous Corrections, Clarifications, and Improvements Comments due Mar 24, 2025
84 FR 30666Proposed Jun 27, 2019 — Miscellaneous Corrections, Clarifications, and Improvements Comments due Aug 26, 2019 (a)(1)(a)(2)
80 FR 44312Proposed Jul 27, 2015 — Annual Financial and Actuarial Information Reporting; Changes to Waivers Comments due Sep 25, 2015 (a)(a)(1)(a)(2)(a)(3)(b)(b)(3)

Department of Labor (EBSA)

Proposed Rules

75 FR 70625Proposed Nov 18, 2010 — Annual Funding Notice for Defined Benefit Plans Comments due Jan 18, 2011 (c)

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Jul 1, 1997	Jun 30, 2005	CFR 2004 annual edition (revised as of 2004-07-01) run 127		View
Jul 1, 2005	Jun 30, 2009	CFR 2008 annual edition (revised as of 2008-07-01) run 127	70 FR 11544, Mar. 9, 2005	View · Redline (sign in)
Jul 1, 2009	Jun 30, 2016	CFR 2015 annual edition (revised as of 2015-07-01) run 127	74 FR 11030, Mar. 16, 2009	View · Redline (sign in)
Jul 1, 2016	Dec 31, 2016	CFR 2016 annual edition (revised as of 2016-07-01) run 127	81 FR 15439, Mar. 23, 2016	View · Redline (sign in)
Jan 1, 2017	Feb 3, 2020	eCFR amendment effective 2017-01-01 run 26	81 FR 15439, Mar. 23, 2016	View · Redline (sign in)
Feb 4, 2020	Mar 4, 2020	eCFR amendment effective 2020-02-04 run 26	81 FR 15439, Mar. 23, 2016	View · Redline (sign in)
Mar 5, 2020	current	eCFR editorial change effective 2020-03-05 run 2	85 FR 6059, Feb. 4, 2020	View · Redline (sign in)

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