Form 5500-SF / EZ pre-submission lint

Catch EFAST2 edit-test failures before the DOL does.

60 deterministic checks. Every finding cites a public rule. Upload a draft PDF, walk away with a flagged-issue review in under three minutes.

Example findings
  • Citations to the EFAST2 spec or IRS instruction on every finding.
  • Flags "cannot determine" rather than guessing.
  • Public rule catalog — audit what we lint before you trust it.
How it works

Three minutes, one PDF in, one PDF out.

01

Upload

Drag a draft Form 5500-SF or 5500-EZ PDF onto the dropzone (or click). Up to 10MB per file.

02

Parse + lint

We extract every line value deterministically, then run the EFAST2 edit-check library against it.

03

Walk away with a review PDF

Findings grouped by severity, each citing an edit-test ID and the IRS instruction. Hand it to staff or attach to workpapers.

What we check

Eight rule categories. Every finding cites a public rule.

The full catalog (~60 rules) lives on the public rules page. Every rule below is checked deterministically — no AI in the loop on rule logic.

SF-EDIT-014
Plan year end date must be after plan year start date.
View IRS instruction →
SF-EDIT-015
Plan year length cannot exceed 12 months unless a short plan year is indicated.
View IRS instruction →
SF-EDIT-016
Filing year must match the plan year end year on Part I.
View IRS instruction →
Honest disclosure

What we DON'T check

  • Schedule SB actuarial assumptions or valuation methodology.
  • Plan-document terms (eligibility, vesting, allocation formulas).
  • ERISA legal sufficiency or fiduciary compliance.
  • Whether the numbers on the form match the underlying trust accounting.

This is a pre-submission lint tool, not a substitute for ERISA counsel review. We catch the documented edit-test failures and common cross-tie errors in our published rule library — not every possible DOL rejection.

Sample report

See the artifact before you pay.

A static mockup of the review PDF — actual reports include all findings, observed-vs-expected detail, and IRS instruction links per finding.

FORM 5500-SF REVIEW REPORTPlan #001 · PY 2024EIN ····3829 · Rule library v2025.1SUMMARYBLOCKERS2WARNINGS4HEADS-UP3FINDINGSSF-EDIT-031Asset reconciliation fails by 12.3%SCH-A-XTIE-03Schedule A premiums do not reconcile to line 6SF-EDIT-022EOY participant total does not equal sum of componentsSF-EDIT-014Plan year end precedes start dateCHAR-CONFLICT-02Codes 2E and 3D appear together — confirm permittedGenerated by Form 5500 Lint · Rule library v2025.1