Department of Labor, IRS, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation extend annual reports deadline after Hurricane Isabel.

• Position: Internal Revenue Service - Brief Article

The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration, the Internal Revenue Service and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation announced an extension of the deadline for filing Form 5500 and Form 5500-EZ annual returns/reports due to property damage, destruction and power outages that resulted from Hurricane Isabel.

The extension applies to plan administrators, employers and other entities located in areas directly affected as identified in IRS's Tax Relief at www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=113066,00.html. The extension also applies to fliers located outside the affected areas who were unable to obtain the necessary information from service providers, banks or insurance companies whose operations were directly affected by the hurricane.

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