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ARTICLE · 30 NOVEMBER 2016

Ontario Regulatory Form Regarding Pension Plan Contributions: Comply!

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Trustees and administrators of Ontario registered pension plans: beware of Form 7. That's the form that administrators of registered pension plans must complete, and send to their pension fund trustees...

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Trustees and administrators of Ontario registered pension plans: beware of Form 7.

That's the form that administrators of registered pension plans must complete, and send to their pension fund trustees, that summarizes the estimated employer and employee contributions that will be due to be made to the pension plans in future. The form must be provided by the registered administrator of every Ontario registered pension plan to the trustee, at least annually.  If there's a change to the estimated future pension contribution requirements, the administrator must send a revised Form 7 to the pension fund trustee within 60 days of becoming aware of the change.

Trustees of pension plans (which for this purpose include insurance companies) are not required to complete Form 7's. But trustees have an important, independent legal obligation to notify the Ontario Superintendent of Financial Services if they do not receive the required Form 7.  Further, if contributions to

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