Filing Status Transition

Published 11/30/2020 03:38 PM   |    Updated 06/22/2021 02:50 PM

For further step-by-step instructions (via screenshots) please refer to PBGC's How to Edit, Review, Certify, Approve and Submit a Filing demo.


All screen prepared filings follow this sequential status order:

Create Filing > Draft > Pending Actuary Approval (if required) > Pending Payment Info > Pending Admin Approval > Submitted

The approval buttons from the Filing Details page are only available based on associated filing team member roles. See charts below for a all possible status transitions.

The concepts of “routing”, "retrieving" and “holding” a premium filing no longer exist in the new My PAA. 

Instead, filing statuses automatically update in a defined sequence (see above or detailed charts below) and are viewable to all filing team members from the Filing Details page. Once a new filing status occurs, an automatic email will be sent to all filing team members who have the associated role based on the current filing status. The email will inform that user action is required on that specific Filing ID, based on their role. If you do not want a team member to receive an automated filing status email; remove that role as the Filing Coordinator or disable the automatic filing status emails all together.

Two new features have been added to the Team Members list from the Plan Detail page:

- Disable Automatic Filing Status Emails 

- Send personalized Message Notifications to any other team member.

Other Notes

Any team member with the Filing Preparer role can edit data within a filing when the filing is in Draft status.

Filing Coordinators can add the Filing Preparer role to any team member that wants to review/make filing edits in the actual data entry screens. All other Filing statuses are meant for review and certification only. 

In addition, all team members (all roles) can view/download a draft version of the premium filing receipt from the Filing Details page.

 
Once a filing is drafted, the following action must be taken by the filing team member that has the role corresponding to the Filing Status:
 
 
If an Actuary is not required:
# Action Filing Status From Filing Status To
Auto Email Sent to Team Members With This Role:
1 Filing Preparer Completes Filing and Amount Owed > $0 Draft Pending Payment Info Payment Preparer
2 Filing Preparer Completes Filing and Amount Owed = $0 Draft  Pending Admin Approval  PA or PA Rep
3 Payment Preparer Submits Payment Info  Pending Payment Info   Pending Admin Approval  PA or PA Rep
4 Admin or Rep Rejects Filing Data  Pending Admin Approval  Draft Filing Preparer
5 Admin or Rep Rejects Payment Data  Pending Admin Approval  Pending Payment Info Payment Preparer
6 Admin Approves and Submits Filing  Pending Admin Approval  Submitted N/A
 
If an Actuary is required:
# Action Filing Status From Filing Status To
Auto Email Sent to Team
Members With This Role:
1 Filing Preparer Completes Filing Draft Pending Actuary Approval Actuary
2 Actuary Rejects Filing Pending Actuary Approval Draft Filing Preparer
3 Actuary Approves Filing and Amount Owed > $0 Pending Actuary Approval Pending Payment Info   Payment Preparer
4  Actuary Approves Filing and Amount Owed = $0 Pending Actuary Approval  Pending Admin Approval  PA or PA Rep
5 Payment Preparer Submits Payment Info Pending Payment Info  Pending Admin Approval  PA or PA Rep
6 Admin or Rep Rejects Filing Data  Pending Admin Approval  Draft Filing Preparer
7 Admin or Rep Rejects Payment Data  Pending Admin Approval  Pending Payment Info Payment Preparer
8 Admin or Rep Approves and Submits Filing  Pending Admin Approval  Submitted ALL
*If the filing status is "Pending Payment Info," and you want to reject the filing to edit the filing (which can only done in "Draft" status), then a payment method must be selected to update the filing status to "Pending Admin Approval." Once the filing is in "Pending Admin Approval," the filing can be rejected with "Filing" as the reason, and this will update the filing status to "Draft." 

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