--- kind: "range" citation: "29 C.F.R. §§ 4000.24–4000.29" title: "29" from: "4000.24" to: "4000.29" count: 6 url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/4000.24..4000.29" --- # §4000.24. What if I mail my submission or issuance using the U.S. Postal Service? - (a) **In general.** Your filing or issuance date is the date you mail your submission or issuance using the U.S. Postal Service if you meet the requirements of [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section, and you mail it by the last scheduled collection of the day. If you mail it later than that, or if there is no scheduled collection that day, your filing or issuance date is the date of the next scheduled collection. If you do not meet the requirements of [paragraph (b)](#b), your filing or issuance date is the date of receipt at the proper address. - (b) **Requirements for “send date.”—** Your submission or issuance must meet the applicable postal requirements, be properly addressed, and you must use First-Class Mail (or a U.S. Postal Service mail class that is at least the equivalent of First-Class Mail, such as Priority Mail or Express Mail). However, if you are filing an advance notice of reportable event or a Form 200 (notice of certain missed contributions), see [§ 4000.23(b)](/cfr/29/4000.23.md?p=b); these filings are always treated as filed when received. - (c) **Presumptions.** We make the following presumptions— - (1) **U.S. Postal Service postmark.** If you meet the requirements of [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section and your submission or issuance has a legible U.S. Postal Service postmark, we presume that the postmark date is the filing or issuance date. However, you may prove an earlier date under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section. - (2) **Private meter postmark.** If you meet the requirements of [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section and your submission or issuance has a legible postmark made by a private postage meter (but no legible U.S. Postal Service postmark) and arrives at the proper address by the time reasonably expected, we presume that the metered postmark date is your filing or issuance date. However, you may prove an earlier date under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section. - (d) **Examples.** - (1) You mail your issuance using the U.S. Postal Service and meet the requirements of [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section. You deposit your issuance in a mailbox at 4 p.m. on Friday, March 15 and the next scheduled collection at that mailbox is 5 p.m. that day. Your issuance date is March 15. If on the other hand you deposit it at 6 p.m. and the next collection at that mailbox is not until Monday, March 18, your issuance date is March 18. - (2) You mail your submission using the U.S. Postal Service and meet the requirements of [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section. You deposit your submission in the mailbox at 4 p.m. on Friday, March 15, and the next scheduled collection at that mailbox is 5 p.m. that day. If your submission does not show a March 15 postmark, then you may prove to us that you mailed your submission by the last scheduled collection on March 15. # §4000.25. What if I use the postal service of a foreign country? If you send your submission or issuance using the postal service of a foreign country, your filing or issuance date is the date of receipt at the proper address. # §4000.26. What if I use a commercial delivery service? - (a) **In general.** Your filing or issuance date is the date you deposit your submission or issuance with the commercial delivery service if you meet the requirements of [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section, and you deposit it by the last scheduled collection of the day for the type of delivery you use (such as two-day delivery or overnight delivery). If you deposit it later than that, or if there is no scheduled collection that day, your filing or issuance date is the date of the next scheduled collection. If you do not meet the requirements of [paragraph (b)](#b), your filing or issuance date is the date of receipt at the proper address. However, if you are filing an advance notice of reportable event or a Form 200 (notice of certain missed contributions), see [§ 4000.23(b)](/cfr/29/4000.23.md?p=b); these filings are always treated as filed when received. - (b) **Requirements for “send date.”—** Your submission or issuance must meet the applicable requirements of the commercial delivery service, be properly addressed, and— - (1) **Delivery within two days.** It must be reasonable to expect your submission or issuance will arrive at the proper address by 5 p.m. on the second business day after the next scheduled collection; or - (2) **Designated delivery service.** You must use a “designated delivery service” under section 7502(f) of the Internal Revenue Code ([Title 26](/cfr/26.md), USC). Our Web site, http://www.pbgc.gov, lists those designated delivery services. You should make sure that both the provider and the particular type of delivery (such as two-day delivery) are designated. - (c) **Example.** You send your submission by commercial delivery service using two-day delivery. In addition, you meet the requirements of [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section. Suppose that the deadline for two-day delivery at the place you make your deposit is 8 p.m. on Friday, March 15. If you deposit your submission by that the deadline, your filing date is March 15. If, instead, you deposit it after the 8 p.m. deadline and the next collection at that site for two-day delivery is on Monday, March 18, your filing date is March 18. # §4000.27. What if I hand deliver my submission or issuance? Your filing or issuance date is the date of receipt of your hand-delivered submission or issuance at the proper address. A hand-delivered issuance need not be delivered while the intended recipient is physically present. For example, unless you have reason to believe that the intended recipient will not receive the notice within a reasonable amount of time, a notice is deemed to be received when you place it in the intended recipient's office mailbox. Our Web site, http://www.pbgc.gov, and the instructions to our forms, identify the proper addresses for filings with us. # §4000.28. Reserved # §4000.29. What if I use electronic delivery? - (a) **In general.** Your filing or issuance date is the date you electronically transmit your submission or issuance to the proper address if you meet the requirements of [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section. Note that we always treat an advance notice of reportable event and a Form 200 (notice of certain missed contributions) as filed when received. A submission made through our Web site is considered to have been transmitted when you perform the last act necessary to indicate that your submission is filed and cannot be further edited or withdrawn. You do not have to address electronic submissions made through our Web site. We are responsible for ensuring that such submissions go to the proper place. - (1) **Filings.** For electronic filings, if you fail to meet the requirements of paragraph [(b)(1)](#b-1) or [(b)(3)](#b-3) of this section, we may treat your submission as invalid. - (2) **Issuances.** For electronic issuances, we may treat your issuance as invalid if— - (i) You fail to meet the requirements (“using measures reasonably calculated to ensure actual receipt”) of [§ 4000.13(a)](/cfr/29/4000.13.md?p=a), or - (ii) **You fail to meet the contact information requirements of paragraph (b)(3) of this section.** - (b) **Requirements.** To get the filing date under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, you must meet the requirements of paragraphs [(b)(1)](#b-1) and [(b)(3)](#b-3). To get the issuance date under [paragraph (a)](#a), you must meet the requirement of paragraphs [(b)(2)](#b-2) and [(b)(3)](#b-3). - (1) **Technical requirements for filings.** For filings, your electronic submission must comply with any technical requirements for that type of submission (our Web site, http://www.pbgc.gov, identifies the technical requirements for each type of filing). - (2) **Technical requirements for issuances.** For issuances, you must comply with the safe-harbor method under [§ 4000.14](/cfr/29/4000.14.md). - (3) **Identify contact person.** For an e-mail submission or issuance with an attachment, you must include, in the body of your e-mail, the name and telephone number of the person to contact if we or the intended recipient needs you to resubmit your filing or issuance. - (c) **Failure to meet address requirement.** If you send your electronic submission or issuance to the wrong address (but you meet the requirements of [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section), your filing or issuance date is the date of receipt at the proper address.