Form 5500-Business Register Bridge

Description

This file is a bridge file to facilitate linking of Form 5500 data to the Business Register.

The Department of Labor, Internal Revenue Service, and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation jointly developed the Form 5500 Series so employee benefit plans could utilize the Form 5500 Series forms to satisfy annual reporting requirements under Title I and Title IV of ERISA and under the Internal Revenue Code.

Detailed Methodology

Sample

Method of data collection

Other - constructed data

Frequency of data collection

Annually

Reference date

Last year/last 12 months

Number of cases

Dependent on universe for any given year

Linkage variables

Employer Identification Number (EIN)
Other (see Linkage Capabilities description)

Linkage capabilities

FIRMID (Census firm ID); FIRMID (Census firm ID)