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IRS Issues Affordability Percentage Adjustment for 2026

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released Rev. Proc. 2025-25, which contains the inflation adjusted amounts for 2026 used to determine whether employer-sponsored coverage is “affordable” for purposes of the Affordable...more

Warner Norcross + Judd

Group Health Plan PCORI Fees Due by July 31 - UPDATED JULY 2025

As a reminder, the deadline for submitting Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) fees is July 31. Employers who sponsor self-insured group health plans should report and pay PCORI fees using the most recently...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Reminder – Annual Deadline (July 31) to Report and Pay PCORI Fee is Approaching (UPDATED)

The annual filing (and fee payment) for applicable self-insured health plans and specified health insurance policies used to fund the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI fee) is due by Thursday, July 31, 2025....more

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What, Me PCORI? - Fee Update for Self-Funded Plans

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While the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Initiative (“PCORI”) fee was updated at the turn of the year, the fee is not actually paid until July.  For those of you that forgot about the fee, this is your reminder to start...more

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IRS Publishes New ACA Reporting Guidance for Employer Distribution of 1095-B and 1095-C

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On February 21, 2025, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) released Notice 2025-15, providing guidance to employers and insurers regarding the alternative manner of furnishing certain health insurance coverage statements to...more

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IRS Issues Guidance Regarding ACA Reporting

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Laws enacted at the end of 2024 made important changes to the ACA reporting requirements. The laws codified an alternative option for furnishing certain forms to individuals and authorized the IRS to issue new guidance on the...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

The Guidance Has Arrived! More Information from the IRS on ACA Forms 1095-B and 1095-C

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Takeaways- Employers may post a notice on their website instead of automatically furnishing Forms 1095-B and 1095-C to all full-time employees. The first due date for such a notice is March 3 for 2024 forms, and the notice...more

Warner Norcross + Judd

IRS Releases ACA Reporting Relief Guidance

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At the end of last year, we told you about new legislation that provides employers with a little Affordable Care Act (ACA) reporting relief. Specifically, under the Paperwork Burden Reduction Act, applicable large employers...more

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IRS Issues Guidance on Alternative Distribution Method for Form 1095-C

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As part of the Paperwork Burden Reduction Act, signed into law on December 23, 2024, Internal Revenue Code (IRC) sections 6055(c) and 6056(c) were amended to allow the use of the alternative method for distributing Forms...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

IRS Eases Form 1095-C Burden for Employers

President Biden recently signed two new laws that significantly reduce the ACA compliance burden for employers by streamlining Form 1095 reporting and minimizing penalties for failure to file and distribute Form 1095s to...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

ACA Reporting Deadlines for 2025: What You Need to Know

Understanding reporting rules for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is more than a best practice. It’s a legal imperative. If your reports aren’t timely and accurate, you face penalties....more

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5 New ACA Reporting and Penalty Rules Employers Will Be Happy About

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Two new federal laws bring good news to employers subject to reporting and other requirements under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). President Biden approved laws in December that not only ease the...more

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2025 Changes to ACA Employer Information Reporting Obligations and the Employer Shared Responsibility Penalties

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In December 2024, Congress and President Biden passed two laws—the Paperwork Burden Reduction Act (PBRA) and the Employer Reporting Improvement Act (ERIA)—that made important changes to employers’ responsibilities regarding...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Affordable Care Act Penalty and Reporting Relief

The Employer Reporting Improvement Act and the Paperwork Burden Reduction Act (PBA), each signed into law in December 2024, provide the following penalty and reporting relief for plan sponsors required to provide minimum...more

Morgan Lewis - ML Benefits

Welcome Healthcare Reporting Simplification Enacted

On December 23, 2024, President Biden signed into law two bills that will simplify employer reporting compliance under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The new laws streamline the rules for employers furnishing ACA reporting...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Significant ACA Improvements for 2025: What Employers Need to Know

The Affordable Care Act reporting requirements are undergoing significant changes in 2025, thanks to the recently enacted Employer Reporting Improvement Act and Paperwork Burden Reduction Act. These changes simplify the...more

Venable LLP

Changes to the ACA: Reporting and Employer Penalties

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President Biden recently signed into law the Paperwork Burden Reduction Act and the Employer Reporting Improvement Act. These new laws make important changes to the Affordable Care Act (ACA)....more

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What’s this… a gift for employers? You may have less ACA reporting!

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On December 17, 2024, the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee presented two bills – the Paperwork Burden Reduction Act (HR 3797) and the Employer Reporting Improvement Act (HR 3801) – to President...more

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New ACA-Related Laws Provide More Flexibility to Employers

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On Monday, December 23, 2024, President Biden signed into law two bills, H.R. 3797 (the “Paperwork Reduction Act”) and H.R. 3801 (the “Employer Reporting Improvement Act”), which will positively impact applicable large...more

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​​​​​IRS Issues Affordability Percentage Adjustment for 2025

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released Rev. Proc. 2024-35, which contains the inflation adjusted amounts for 2025 used to determine whether employer-sponsored coverage is “affordable” for purposes of the Affordable...more

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Important Change to ACA Electronic Reporting

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Beginning in 2024, almost all employers will need to file their Affordable Care Act (ACA) forms electronically. Previously, employers were required to file electronically only if they were filing 250 or more of a specific...more

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Compliance Alert: IRS Releases Final Rules Extending Deadline to Furnish ACA Reporting Forms

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On December 12, 2022, the IRS released a Final Rule providing for, among other things, an automatic 30-day extension of time for applicable large employers (“ALEs”) to furnish annual Form 1095-C to individuals for calendar...more

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IRS Issues Final Regulations Extending ACA Information Reporting Deadlines, Clarifies Additional ACA Issues

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On December 15, 2022, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) finalized regulations regarding Information Reporting of Health Insurance Coverage and Other Issues Under Internal Revenue Code (Code) Sections 5000A, 6055 and 6056...more

Groom Law Group, Chartered

Happy Holidays from the IRS: The IRS Finalizes the ACA Reporting Relief and Deadline Extensions!

On December 12, 2022, the Department of Treasury (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) released final regulations that provide reporting relief for ACA reporting— specifically, Forms 1095-B and 1095-C...more

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5 Most Important Steps for Employers Doing Their 2023 ACA Compliance Planning

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Applicable large employers must adhere to many Affordable Care Act (ACA) rules to remain compliant regarding group health plan offerings. We offer the following checklist of the five most helpful reminders you should take...more

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