EBSA is providing this Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program (VFCP) Online Calculator as a compliance assistance tool to facilitate accuracy, ensure consistency, and expedite review of applications. The Online Calculator assists applicants in calculating VFCP Correction Amounts owed to benefit plans. Use of the Online Calculator by applicants is recommended, but is not mandatory. Applicants may perform manual calculations in accordance with VFCP Section 5(b), using the IRC underpayment rates and the IRS Factors.

Please note that using this calculator solely to determine and repay lost earnings does not constitute correction under the VFCP. The complete procedures for correcting under the VFCP may be found at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2006/04/19/06-3674/voluntary-fiduciary-correction-program-under-the-employee-retirement-income-security-act-of-1974(link is external) or elsewhere on this web site. If you have any questions concerning the application process, please contact your local field office by calling 1-866-444-3272 and ask for the VFCP coordinator.

The Online Calculator computes Lost Earnings and interest, if any. If the Principal Amount was used for a specific purpose such that a profit on the use of the Principal Amount is determinable, the Online Calculator also computes interest on the profit.

The Online Calculator then compares Lost Earnings to Restoration of Profits and provides the applicant with the greater amount, which must be paid to the plan.

The Online Calculator uses IRC Section 6621(a)(2) and (c)(1) underpayment rates in effect during the time period and the corresponding factors from IRS Revenue Procedure 95-17 (IRS Factors), which reflect daily compounding. Under the VFCP special rules for transactions involving large losses or large restorations, the Online Calculator automatically recomputes the amount of Lost Earnings and Restoration of Profits using the applicable IRC Section 6621(c)(1) rates.