AUL Census Center
Welcome to the Census, Plan Testing and Government Reporting Center. The information contained here will assist you in the completion and submission of your census. You can also find useful information related to the Form 5500 as well as detailed plan testing information.
Quick Links
- Completing your Census in 6 Easy Steps
- Census Workshops
- Census Completion Reference Materials
- Compliance and Testing Reference Materials
- Summary Annual Report and Form 5500
[Top]Completing your Census in 6 Easy Steps
Click here for information on ExACCT
- Add/update employee data
- Prior to importing a census or adding a census record under Census Information, an Employee record must first be in Employee Maintenance.
- Build or import census
- Build Census - for those who have used ExACCT for contributions.
- Import Census - for those who wish to import census information.
- Update census data
- Review the census data and make revisions, if necessary.
- Update the plans module
- This information is required for your 5500.
- Run AULSense
- Clear fatal errors/warnings before transmission.
- Print and transmit your census data
- Final step, send the census data to OneAmerica.
[Top]Census Workshops
Click here to locate a Retirement Services Regional Office in your area.
[Top]Census Completion Reference Materials
[Top]Compliance and Testing Reference Materials
- 2003-2008 Cost of Living Adjustments (COLAs) (PDF, 6K)
- 2007 Year-End Compliance Information (PDF, 303 K)
- Abbreviations (PDF, 12K)
- Compliance testing overview (PDF, 452K)
- Glossary (PDF, 122K)
- How to Understand Your Compliance Testing Results Summary (PDF, 152k)
- If Your Plan Fails ADP/ACP Testing (PDF, 100 K)
- Letter to HCE to wait to file taxes (calendar year plan) (DOC)
- Letter to HCE to wait to file taxes (non calendar year plan) (DOC)
- Refund Explanation Letter to HCE (calendar year plan) (DOC)
- Refund Explanation Letter to HCE (non calendar plan year) (DOC)
[Top]Summary Annual Report and Form 5500
Utilizing information from the adoption agreement/plan document, contract, census and annual report, AUL Retirement Services provides its full service customers with a Summary Annual Report (SAR) and Form 5500 (including related schedules).
The Department of Labor (DOL) requires that each participant in a retirement plan receive a SAR. The SAR provides a financial summary and overview of the plan's activity for the year. It also notes minimum funding standards for money purchase plans, details the participant's right to additional information and gives directions regarding how to obtain that information.
In addition, regulations require plan sponsors to file an annual tax return for each qualified plan they maintain. The DOL Form 5500 (including related schedules) is a summary of the following:
- Plan's financial activity
- Participant status data
- Trustee data
- Plan features
- 410 (b)
- Funding information
- Insurance carrier information
- 5500 Overview (PDF, 128K)
- Auditor Help Sheet for Schedule H (PDF, 78k)
