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HSA/HDHP Limits for 2026

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On May 1, 2025, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Revenue Procedure 2025-19, which provides the 2026 inflation adjusted limits related to Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) and High Deductible Health Plans (HDHPs)....more

Holland & Hart - The Benefits Dial

Nobody Puts Baby In the Corner . . . And the IRS Agrees, Providing Guidance on the Taxability of Dependent Care Assistance...

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Yesterday the IRS released Notice 2021-26, which clarifies that if eligible dependent care benefits would have been excluded from income if used during either the prior tax year (2020 or 2021), these benefits remain...more

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Paying Health Insurance Premiums for Furloughed or Laid Off Employees

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Employers of all sizes in nearly every industry have had to lay off or furlough employees in an attempt to deal with the massive business disruptions caused by the spread of COVID-19. Facing this reality, many employers have...more

Conn Kavanaugh

Understanding Your W-2

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Employers must issue Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement, to employees by January 31st, so you should have received yours by now. But have you ever actually stopped to look at your W-2? And do you know what it all means? Your...more

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How Do I Report Non-Qualified Plan or Severance Payments to a Former Employee? Hint: You Should Probably Use a W-2, Not a 1099!

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Employers commonly make payments to former employees for a number of reasons. Two of the more routine payments are those from a non-qualified deferred compensation plan (such as payments from a supplemental executive...more

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Pay-or-Play: Think Globally

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With the effective date of the “pay-or-play” employer mandate just over the horizon, employers who sponsor group health plans are well aware of the layers of complexity presented by the mandate. One of the layers that...more

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Windsor & DOMA: Issues for Cross-Border Employers

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On June 26, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in U.S. v. Windsor that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”), which defined “marriage” as strictly between opposite-sex couples and “spouse” as referring only to a...more

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Supreme Court Finds DOMA to Be Unconstitutional -- Impact on Employers Explained

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On June 26, 2013, a majority of the Supreme Court held in United States v. Windsor that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which defined marriage for purposes of federal law as the union of a man and a woman, is...more

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