[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 26, Volume 18]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
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[CITE: 26CFR301.6057-2]

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                       TITLE 26--INTERNAL REVENUE
 
    CHAPTER I--INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
                               (CONTINUED)
 
PART 301_PROCEDURE AND ADMINISTRATION--Table of Contents
 
                         Information and Returns
 
Sec. 301.6057-2  Employee retirement benefit plans; notification of 
change in plan status.

    (a) Change in plan status. The plan administrator (within the 
meaning of section 414(g)) of an employee retirement benefit plan 
defined in Sec. 301.6057-1(a)(3) (including a plan to which more than 
one employer contributes, as described in Sec. 301.6057-1(b)(1)) must 
notify the Internal Revenue Service of the following changes in plan 
status--
    (1) A change in the name of the plan.
    (2) A change in the name or address of the plan administrator,
    (3) The termination of the plan, or
    (4) The merger or consolidation of the plan with another plan or the 
division of the plan into two or more plans.
    (b) Notification. A notification of a change in status described in 
paragraph (a) of this section, must be filed on the Annual Return/Report 
of Employee Benefit Plan (form 5500 series) for the plan year in which 
the change in status occurred. The notification must be filed at the 
time and place and in the manner prescribed in the form and any 
accompanying instructions.
    (c) Penalty. For amounts imposed in the case of failure to file a 
notification of a change in plan status required by section 6057(b) and 
this section, see section 6652(e)(2).
    (d) Effective date. This section is effective for changes in plan 
status occurring within plan years beginning after December 31, 1975.

[T.D. 7561, 43 FR 38006, Aug. 25, 1978]