---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 4000.3"
title: "29"
number: "4000.3"
heading: "What methods of filing may I use?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/4000.3"
---

# §4000.3. What methods of filing may I use?

- (a) **Paper filings.** Except for the filings listed in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section, you may file any submission with us by hand, mail, or commercial delivery service.
- (b) **Electronic filings.**
  - (1) You must file premium declarations under [part 4007](/cfr/29/part4007.md) of this chapter electronically in accordance with the instructions on PBGC's website subject to the following provisions:
    - (i) This electronic filing requirement does not apply to premium information to the extent that PBGC grants an exemption for good cause in appropriate circumstances.
    - (ii) This electronic filing requirement does not apply to premium payments except to the extent that PBGC so provides in the instructions on PBGC's website.
    - (iii) This electronic filing requirement does not apply to information you file to comply with a request we make under [§ 4007.10(c)](/cfr/29/4007.10.md?p=c) of this chapter (dealing with providing record information in connection with a premium compliance review).
  - (2) You must submit the information required under [part 4010](/cfr/29/part4010.md) of this chapter electronically in accordance with the instructions on PBGC's website, except as otherwise provided by PBGC.
  - (3) You must file notices under [part 4043](/cfr/29/part4043.md) of this chapter electronically in accordance with the instructions on PBGC's website, http://www.pbgc.gov, except as otherwise provided by PBGC.
  - (4) When making filings to PBGC under parts [4041A](/cfr/29/part4041A.md), [4245](/cfr/29/part4245.md), 4262, and 4281 of this chapter (except for notices of benefit reductions and notices of restoration of benefits under [part 4281](/cfr/29/part4281.md)), you must submit the information required under these parts electronically in accordance with the instructions on PBGC's website, except as otherwise provided by PBGC.
  - (5) You must submit the information required under [subpart B of part 4041](/cfr/29/part4041-subpartB.md) of this chapter electronically in accordance with the instructions on PBGC's website, except as otherwise provided by PBGC.
  - (6) You must submit the information required under [part 4050](/cfr/29/part4050.md) of this chapter electronically in accordance with the instructions on PBGC's website, except as otherwise provided by PBGC.
  - (7) You must submit the information necessary to request a coverage determination under [section 4021](/cfr/29/4021.md) of ERISA electronically in accordance with the instructions on PBGC's website, except as otherwise provided by PBGC.
- (c) **Information on how to file.** Current information on how to file is—
  - (1) **On our website, <I>http—** //www.pbgc.gov;
  - (2) In our various printed forms and instructions packages; and
  - (3) Available by contacting our Customer Service Center at 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20024-2101; telephone 1-800-400-7242 (for participants), or 1-800-736-2444 (for practitioners). (If you are deaf or hard of hearing or have a speech disability, please dial 7-1-1 to access telecommunications relay services.)

## Notes

### Amendments

[70 FR 11543, Mar. 9, 2005, as amended at 71 FR 31080, June 1, 2006; 79 FR 13559, Mar. 11, 2014; 80 FR 55002, Sept. 11, 2015; 80 FR 55745, Sept. 17, 2015; 80 FR 57717, Sept. 25, 2015; 86 FR 36620, July 12, 2021; 87 FR 57825, Sept. 22, 2022; 90 FR 39327, Aug. 15, 2025]

### Authority

Authority: 29 U.S.C. 1083(k), 1302(b)(3).

### Source

Source: 68 FR 61347, Oct. 28, 2003, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[70 FR 11543, Mar. 9, 2005, as amended at 71 FR 31080, June 1, 2006; 79 FR 13559, Mar. 11, 2014; 80 FR 55002, Sept. 11, 2015; 80 FR 55745, Sept. 17, 2015; 80 FR 57717, Sept. 25, 2015; 86 FR 36620, July 12, 2021; 87 FR 57825, Sept. 22, 2022; 90 FR 39327, Aug. 15, 2025]