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- How to Manually Enter Payer Data
- How to Batch Import Payer Taxpayer Identification Numbers (TINs)
- How to manually enter payee/participant data
- How to batch import payee/participant data
- Edit Checking
- Form 945
- Preparing a 945 batch - ftwPro 945Wiz
- Accessing and Preparing 1099 Module Forms for Printing
- Printing Form 1096
- Printing Copies of Form 1099
- ftwilliam.com's fulfillment service
- ftwilliam.com's state fulfillment service
- 1099 State Help: SmartCharts and technical documents
- Checking on your fulfillment - Completion Dates
- Preparing a .txt file for the FIRE website
- Corrections for batch submitted forms
- Correction for Payer TIN
- Copying Data From a Prior Year
- Rolling over data from a prior year
- A list of Foreign County Codes
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- Add Forms and Schedules
- Adding Summary Annual Report or Annual Funding Notice
- Enter Information on a Form 5500 schedule
- Saving Changes
- Consulting Official DOL Instructions
- Edit Checks
- Print All FINAL Schedules (Print Options)
- Upload and Download Center
- Deleting a Form 5500 Schedule
- Deleting an Attachment
- Inviting Portal Users to the Portal to Edit, Review and/or Upload Attachments
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- Global Email Settings
- Email/Server Settings
- Portal Email Default Templates
- Portal Branding
- Portal Correspondence
- Go to 5500 Forms.
- Work with Signers/Portal Users
- 5500 > [Year] Screen
- Batch/Workflow
- Bring forward (prior year) data to (current year) for all plans
- Bring forward (prior year) signers to (current year) for all plans
- 5500 Workflow Grid; Batch Invite 5500/SF; Admin Summary Status
- Batch SAR and Batch Annual Funding Notice
- How To Complete Batch Local Sign
- Batch 5558
- Batch Lock 5500
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- Completing an 8955-SSA
- How to Create and Submit an 8955-SSA Batch
- Uploading Data to 8955-SSA - Batch (for multiple plans)
- 8955-SSA Batch Features
- How to Set Up and Allow for E-Filing of Form 8955-SSA by a Portal User
- How to Amend the Form 8955-SSA
- Printing
- Fulfillment
- Portal E-File
- Download FIRE Files
- How to Set Up the Client Letter for Form 8955-SSA
- How to Use the Most Current Form 8955-SSA for Prior Years
- How to Mask SSNs on the Form 8955-SSA and Participant Statements
- Participant Statements
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- FTW Step 2: Establish the Conversion Year & Date
- FTW Step 3: Populate Plan Specifications in the Conversion Year
- FTW Step 4: Verify the Primary Grid in the Conversion Year
- FTW Step 5: Conversion Data for the Conversion Year
- FTW Step 6: Additional Conversion Data & Compensation History
- FTW Step 7: Run Scrub for Conversion Year
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- 10.1. Use of the system for the first testing year
- 10.2. Use of ftwilliam.com Compliance system after the first year the plan is on the system
- 10.3. Eligibility History
- 10.4. Recalculate Initial Eligibility
- 10.5. Plan Aggregation
- 10.6. Aggregation of non-ftw plan with ftw plans
- 10.7. Disaggregation
- 10.8. HCE Determinations
- 10.9. Top Heavy
- 10.10. Compensation - Including Calculations for Self Employed Individuals
- 10.11. Overrides
- 10.12. Excluding a Class of Employees
- 10.13. Vesting
- 10.14. Age Weighted Allocations
- 10.15. JH Rate of Return
- 10.16. Davis Bacon
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- Setting up Global Email Settings
- Setting Up Global Email Settings for Divisions
- How to Test the Global Email Settings for 'Specify a Server'
- How to Test the Global Email Settings for 'Preparer's Email Program'
- What SMTP Server Error Messages Mean
- How to Edit or Clone Default Email Templates and Reminders
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- How to Send Documents to the Portal That Were Prepared in ftwilliam.com
- How to Publish a Document to the Portal for E-Signature That Does Not Originate in the FTW Software
- Description of the Client's E-signing Experience
- Sending and Receiving Direct Messages
- Saving Copies of Sent or Received Messages and Communications
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- How Do I Access the Portal?
- How Do I Log into the Portal?
- How Do I Reset My Password?
- How Do I Change My Password?
- How Do I Change My Challenge Questions?
- How Do I Change My Name, Email or Demographics?
- How Do I Find Help on the Portal?
- How Do I View the 5500 / SAR / AFN for My Plan?
- How Do I Sign the 5500?
- How Do I Sign the 5500 Using a Prior Year User ID and PIN?
- How Do I Check the Status of the 5500?
- How Do I Complete the 5500?
- How Do I Add Attachments to the 5500?
- How Do I View a Message I Received?
- How Do I Send a Message?
- How Do I View a Document?
- How Do I Sign a Document?
- How Do I See Who Signed a Document?
- How Do I Download the Annual Questionnaire?
- How Do I Upload the Annual Questionnaire?
- How Do I Download the Census Worksheet?
- How Do I Upload the Census Worksheet?
- How Do I Complete the Online Annual Questionnaire?
- How Do I Download the Online Annual Questionnaire?
- How Do I Mark a Task as Complete?
Updated Articles
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Adding Portal Users / Signers to Form 5330
There are two primary methods to add a Portal user for viewing or e-filing Form 5330. Method 1: Using the 5500 Menu Navigate to the 5500 menu . Select Work with Signers/Portal Users . If a Form 5500 or 8955-SSA has already be... -
Locking Form 5330 for E-filing
A filing must be locked before it can be e-filed. A green check under the Status column for all associated forms confirms that all edit checks have been passed, allowing the filing to be locked. Locking is not possible if any forms fail the edi... -
Running Edit Checks for Form 5330
Edit checks can be performed on any form or schedule at any time. There are two ways to run and review edit checks: Visual Edit Checks While editing a form or schedule, click Run Edit Checks at the top left of the screen. This highlight... -
Correction for Payer TIN
Correction for Payer TIN Note that if users have reported information for an incorrect Payer TIN, that the Payer TIN should be corrected via a letter to the IRS; see the IRS instructions for details. New for 2014 and current, users will be ... -
How to Set Maximum Reminder Days for Notifications
The Notification Tab in Global Email Settings now includes an option to set a maximum number of days for reminder emails about Portal Messaging, Documents, and 5500 tasks. During the Reminder Period: Emails are sent to users with tas... -
Setting Up Notifications in the Global Email Settings
The purpose for the Reminder/Follow-Up email Notifications is to help you and your clients keep track of what tasks remain on the portal user's ToDo List. To set up Notifications in the Global Emails Settings, you have to be the Master Admin Use... -
How to Brand the Portal with Our Company's Logo
To set up Portal Branding, you have to be the Master Admin User or a Designated Admin. If you have these designations, you can access the Portal Branding via the Wolters Kluwer Logo>Administrative Tasks>Portal / Workflow> Portal Branding: Po... -
Uploading Form 5558
As of the 2024 filing year, users are now able to upload the Form 5558 in mass. Note: This feature is only available for 2024 filing years forward and will not populate in prior years. To access this feature: Navigate to the 5500 Menu U... -
Completing Other Forms, Attachments, and PBGC Forms
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Signing a 5500 Filing
Last Updated: 01/10/2025 in 5500 User GuideOverview: There are two methods to sign a completed 5500; you may either sign locally or via the portal. Portal. To sign via the portal, the filing's preparer sets up a signer(s) to use the ftwilliam.com portal (under Work with Signers/Port...
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