Does anyone know which plans should file in Puerto Rico and/or Guam? (Ones where x number of participants live there, ones where the sponsor has to pay taxes there, etc.?)

Also, what does getting a favorable determination letter there mean? (If it is "unqualified" in PR, what happens? All PR residents have taxable income?) It seems as though it would not matter as the money is all in a valid trust.

With respect to Guam,

prior to the change in the 5500, we submitted all requests for determination and all 5500s to Revenue & Tax in Guam for Guam based sponsors. Now, we, probably, will continue to submit to Rev & Tax for determination, but are sending 5500s to U.S. DOL.

There have been a few earier discussions on similar topics. Here is one of them:

http://benefitslink.com/boards/index.php?act=ST&t=11025

You might also try a search.

I can't help you Wendy, but I do have another Puerto Rico Question! Does anyone know where I can obtain Appeal regulations for PR?

how does treatment of a guam company differ from a PR company if both are members of a us controlled group?