Application for

Determination for Employee Benefit Plan

(Under sections 401(a) and 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code)

3a Determination requested for (enter applicable number(s) in the box and fill in required information). (See instructions.)

Enter 1 for Initial Qualification—Date plan signed 

Enter 2 for a request after initial qualification—Is complete plan attached? (See instructions.)  Yes No

Date amendment signed 

Enter 3 for Affiliated Service Group status (section 414(m))—Date effective 

Enter 4 for Leased Employee status

Enter 5 for Partial termination—Date effective 

b Has the plan received a determination letter? Yes No

c Have interested parties been given the required notification of this application? (See instructions)

d Does the plan have a cash or deferred arrangement (section 401(k))?

b Enter 3-digit plan number d Enter plan’s original effective date (MMDDYYYY)

c Enter date plan year ends (MMDD) e Enter number of participants (See instructions.)

Under penalties of perjury, I declare that I have examined this application, including accompanying statements and schedules, and to the best of my

knowledge and belief, it is true, correct, and complete.

Signature  Date 

For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see separate instructions. Cat. No. 11740X Form 5300 (Rev. 9-2001)

(including collectively bargained plans formerly filed on Form 5303)

If “Yes” submit a copy of the latest letter and subsequent amendments.

If “No,” submit all prior plan(s) and/or adoption agreement(s). (See instructions.)

Does the plan have matching contributions (section 401(m))?

Does the plan have after-tax employee voluntary contributions (section 401(m))?

Does this plan benefit noncollectively bargained employees or are more than 2% of the employees

who are covered under a collective bargaining agreement for professional employees?

See Regulations section 1.410(b)-9.

Does the plan provide for disparity in contributions or benefits that is intended to meet the permitted

disparity requirements of section 401(l)?

Enter 6 for Termination of collectively bargained multiemployer or multiple-employer plan

covered by PBGC insurance—Date of Termination 

Date of letter 

Yes No

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h

Yes No

Yes No

Yes No

Yes No

Yes No

4a Name of plan (Plan name may not exceed 66 characters, including spaces.):

Print Name  Title 

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/ / Date amendment effective  / /

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OMB No. 1545-0197

For IRS Use Only

Department of the Treasury

Internal Revenue Service

1a Name of plan sponsor (employer if single-employer plan) 1b Employer identification number

1c Employer’s tax year ends—Enter (MM)

City State ZIP code 1d Telephone number

Person to contact if more information is needed. (See instructions.) (If Form 2848, Power of Attorney

and Declaration of Representative, or other written designation is attached, check box and do not

complete the rest of this line.) 

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Name

Number, street, and room or suite no. (If a P.O. box, see instructions.)

Fax number

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Review the Procedural Requirements Checklist on page 5 before submitting this application.

City

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State ZIP code

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(Rev. September 2001)

1e Fax number

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Telephone number

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Number, street, and room or suite no. (If a P.O. box, see instructions.)

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Number of amendments 

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8a Do you maintain any other qualified plan(s) under section 401(a)?

Yes No

If “No,” skip to line 8d.

Do you maintain another plan of the same type (i.e., both this plan and the other plan are defined contribution

plans or both are defined benefit plans) that covers non-key employees who are also covered under this plan?

b

(1) the top-heavy minimum benefit under the defined benefit plan?

(2) at least a 5% minimum contribution under the defined contribution plan?

(3) the minimum benefit offset by benefits provided by the defined contribution plan?

(4) benefits under both plans that, using a comparability analysis, are at least equal to the minimum benefit?

(See instructions.)

d Does the plan prevent the possibility that the section 415 limitations will be exceeded for any employee who is

(or was) a participant in this plan and any other plan of the employer?

If yes, when the plan is top-heavy, do the non-key employees covered under both plans receive the required

top-heavy minimum contribution or benefit under:

This plan?

The other plan?

If this is a defined contribution plan, do you maintain a defined benefit plan (or if this is a defined benefit plan,

do you maintain a defined contribution plan) that covers non-key employees who are also covered under this

plan?

If yes, when the plan is top-heavy, do non-key employees covered under both plans receive:

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(2)

General Eligibility Requirements (Complete all lines.)

9a Check all that apply:

(1) All employees

(2) Hourly rate employees

(3) Salaried employees

(4) Other (Specify)

b Minimum years of service required to participate

c Minimum age required to participate (Specify)

Vesting (Check one box to indicate the regular (non-top heavy) vesting provisions of the plan.)

10a Full and immediate

b Full vesting after 2 years of service

c Full vesting after 3 years of service

d Full vesting after 5 years of service

e 2 to 6 year graded vesting

f 3 to 7 year graded vesting

g Other

If no minimum, check 

If no minimum, check 

Is the employer a member of an affiliated service group?

Is the employer a member of a controlled group of corporations or a group of trades or businesses under common

control? 

If a and/or b above is “Yes,” complete required statement (see instructions).

Is this a governmental plan?

If “Yes,” is the plan a state level plan?

Is this a nonelecting church plan?

Is this a collectively bargained plan? (See Regulations section 1.410(b)-9.)

Is this a section 412(i) plan?

Is this a multiple-employer plan? Enter number of participating employers 

Is this a multiemployer plan as described in section 414(f)?

If “Yes,” attach required statement (see instructions).

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1—profit-sharing and/or 401(k) 7—non-leveraged ESOP

2—money purchase 8—stock bonus

3—target benefit

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9—safe harbor 401(k)

Indicate type of plan by entering the number from the list below.

4—defined benefit but not cash balance

5—cash balance

6—leveraged ESOP
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Benefits and Requirements for Benefits

11a For defined benefit plans—Method for determining accrued benefit 

(1) Benefit formula at normal retirement age is

(2) Benefit formula at early retirement age is

(3) Normal form of retirement benefit is

b For defined contribution plans—Employer contributions:

(1) Profit-sharing or stock bonus plan contributions are determined under:

A definite formula A discretionary formula Both

(2) Matching contributions are determined under:

(3)

N/A Yes No

Miscellaneous

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(4) Target benefit plan—state target benefit formula

A definite formula A discretionary formula Both

Money purchase plan—Enter rate of contribution

Does any amendment to the plan reduce or eliminate any section 411(d)(6) protected benefit, including an

amendment adopted after September 6, 2000, to eliminate a joint and survivor annuity form of benefit?

(See instructions.)

Are trust earnings and losses allocated on the basis of account balances in a defined contribution plan?

If “No,” attach a statement explaining how they are allocated.

Is this plan or trust currently under examination or is any issue related to this plan or trust currently pending

before:

● The Internal Revenue Service

● The Department of Labor

● The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or

● Any court?

If “Yes,” attach a statement explaining the issues involved, the contact person’s name (IRS Agent, DOL

Investigator, etc.) and their telephone number. Do not answer “Yes” if the plan has been submitted under

the Voluntary Compliance Program of the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS).

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Optional determination request regarding the ratio percentage test. A determination regarding the average benefit test may

be requested by attaching Schedule Q (Form 5300).

Is this a request for a determination regarding the ratio percentage test of Regs. section 1.410(b)-2(b)(2) or a request

for a determination regarding one of the special requirements of Regs. section 1.410(b)-2(b)(5), (6), or (7)?

If “Yes,” complete only lines 13a through 13n for a ratio percentage test determination, or complete only

line 13o for a determination regarding one of the special requirements.

Is this plan disaggregated into two or more separate plans that are not 401(k), 401(m), or profit sharing plans?

If “Yes,” see the instructions and attach separate schedules for each disaggregated portion

Does the employer receive services from any leased employees as defined in section 414(n)?

Coverage date (MMDDYYYY). See instructions for inserting date

Total number of employees (include self-employed individuals) (employer-wide)

Statutory and regulatory exclusions under this plan (do not count an employee more than once):

(1) Number of employees excluded because of minimum age or years of service required

(2) Number of employees excluded because of inclusion in a collective bargaining unit

(3) Number of employees excluded because they terminated employment with less than 501 hours

of service and were not employed on last day of plan year

(4) Number of employees excluded because employed by other qualified separate lines of business

(QSLOBs) 

(5) Number of employees excluded because they were nonresident aliens with no earned income

from sources within the United States

Total statutory and regulatory exclusions (add lines 13e(1) through 13e(5))

Nonexcludable employees (subtract line 13f from line 13d)

Number of nonexcludable employees on line 13g who are highly compensated employees (HCEs)

Number of nonexcludable HCEs on line 13h benefiting under the plan

Number of nonexcludable employees who are nonhighly compensated employees (NHCEs) (subtract

line 13h from line 13g)

Number of nonexcludable NHCEs on line 13j benefiting under the plan

Ratio percentage (See instructions.)

Enter the ratio percentage for the following, if applicable:

(1) Section 401(k) part of the plan

(2) Section 401(m) part of the plan

Are the results on line 13l or 13m based on the aggregated coverage of more than one plan?

If “Yes,” attach a statement showing the names, plan numbers, EINs, and benefit/allocation formulas of the other plans.

All aggregated plans should be filed concurrently.

If the plan satisfied coverage using one of the special requirements of Regulations section 1.410(b)-2(b)(5), (6), or (7), enter

the letter from the list below that identifies the special requirement:

Optional determination request regarding the nondiscrimination design-based safe harbors of section 401(a)(4).

Is this a request for a determination regarding a design-based safe harbor under section 401(a)(4)?

If “Yes,” complete the following:

Section 401(k) and/or section 401(m) plans that do not contain a provision for discretionary contributions

should not complete this line.

Design-based nondiscrimination safe harbors:

Does the plan provide for disparity in contributions or benefits that is intended to meet the permitted disparity

requirements of section 401(l)?

If “Yes,” answer line 14b. Otherwise, skip to line 14c.

Do the provisions of the plan ensure that the overall permitted disparity limits will not be exceeded?

Enter the letter (“A”–“G“) from the list below that identifies the safe harbor intended to be satisfied 

A—1.401(a)(4)-2(b)(2) defined contribution (DC) plan with uniform allocation formula

F—1.401(a)(4)-8(b)(3) target benefit plan

B—1.401(a)(4)-3(b)(3) unit credit defined benefit (DB) plan

C—1.401(a)(4)-3(b)(4)(i)(C)(1) unit credit DB fractional rule plan

D—1.401(a)(4)-3(b)(4)(i)(C)(2) flat benefit DB plan

E—1.401(a)(4)-3(b)(5) insurance account

G—1.401(a)(4)-8(c)(3)(iii)(b) cash balance plan

List the plan section(s) that satisfy the safe harbor (including, if applicable, the permitted disparity requirements)

here:

b

g

h

i

j

k

l

m

n

Yes No

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If “No,” skip to line 14.

B—1.410(b)-2(b)(6)—No HCEs benefit

A—1.410(b)-2(b)(5)—No NHCEs employed

C—1.410(b)-2(b)(7)—Collectively bargained only

Yes No
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Procedural Requirements Checklist

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Use this list to ensure that your submitted package is complete. Failure to supply the appropriate information may result

in a delay in the processing of the application.

Is Form 8717, User Fee for Employee Plan Determination Letter Request, attached to your submission?

Is the appropriate user fee for your submission attached to Form 8717?

If appropriate, is Form 2848, Power of Attorney and Declaration of Representative, or a privately designated

authorization attached? (For more information, see the Disclosure Request by Taxpayer in the instructions.)

Is a copy of your plan’s latest determination letter, if any, attached?

Is the Employer Identification Number (EIN) of the plan sponsor/employer (NOT the trust’s EIN) entered on line 1b?

Does line 4d list the plan’s original effective date?

Is the application signed and dated?

Have interested parties been given the required notification of this application?

(See the instructions for line 3c.)

If you are requesting a determination as an Affiliated Service Group, have you included the information requested in

the instructions?

NOTE: You can request a ruling from the IRS as to whether or not you are an Affiliated Service Group by listing

your request on line 3 of Form 5300.

If you answered “Yes” to line(s) 6a and/or line 6b, have you included the information requested in the instructions?

For Multiple Employer Plans: Have you included the required information as specified in the instructions under

Specific Plans—Additional Requirements?

For Partial Termination Requests: If requesting a determination for the plan and one or more employers

maintaining the plan, have you included the required information as specified in the instructions under Types of

Determination Letters, Partial Termination?

If you answered “Yes” to line 8a, have you included the requested information?

If you are requesting additional determinations, is page 4 completed and/or Schedule Q attached?

If filing a Schedule Q, are all appropriate demonstrations attached?

(See Instructions for Schedule Q)

Demo 1 Demo 5 Demo 8 Demo 11

Demo 3 Demo 6 Demo 9

Demo 4 Demo 7 Demo 10

Have you included a copy of the plan, trust, and all amendments since your last determination letter?

For Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOP): Have you attached Form 5309, Application for Determination of

Employee Stock Ownership Plan, to your submission?

For PBGC Terminations: Have you included the required information as specified in the instructions under Types of

Determination Letters?

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