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The February Monthly Minute highlights a new online ACA reporting alternative, the DOL’s temporary policy regarding escheatment of small retirement benefits owed to missing participants, and new guidance clarifying the gag...more
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
New legislation liberalizing certain disclosure requirements under the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) was passed at the end of 2024. Effective for 2024 reporting, mailing a paper copy of Forms 1095-C/1095-B is no longer...more
Just before the holidays, two bills impacting reporting under the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”), H.R. 3801 (EMPLOYER REPORTING IMPROVEMENT ACT) and H.R. 3797 (PAPERWORK BURDEN REDUCTION ACT), passed both houses and were sent to...more
In late December, President Biden signed into law relief related to Code section 4980H employer mandate penalties and Code section 6055 minimum essential coverage (“MEC”) and Code section 6056 employer mandate reporting on...more
Our Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Group highlights changes that will make it less burdensome in 2025 for plan sponsors to file Forms 1095-B and 1095-C under the Affordable Care Act....more
Two new laws signed on December 23, 2024, are set to make Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) reporting easier and less time-consuming. The 'Paperwork Burden Reduction Act' and the 'Employer Reporting Improvement Act' introduce...more
On behalf of the ESOPs & Employee Benefits team, we hope you’re enjoying the first days of Spring, when the longer days allow more time to ponder the ever-changing landscape of employee benefits compliance. Please find below...more
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
The Affordable Care Act requires covered employers to report that they offered minimum essential coverage to their employees by filing IRS Forms 1094-C and 1095-C. Until recently, the IRS offered “good-faith transition...more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), in a recently released memorandum from the Office of Chief Counsel (Chief Counsel Memorandum), has taken the position that the Employer Shared Responsibility Payment (ESRP) imposed by...more
Despite multiple challenges, many portions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) are still in effect and employers are taking steps to remain in compliance with the law. This fact sheet is intended as a...more
Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of February 3 – 7, 2020. February 3, 2020: The IRS and the Departments of Labor and Health and...more
You’ve been at this Affordable Care Act reporting for years and are cruising on autopilot, right? Regardless of your confidence level, all employers need to note the extended due date for furnishing Form 1095-C to individuals...more
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires applicable large employers, as well as all employers that sponsor self-funded health plans, to report certain health plan coverage information. Applicable large...more
The U.S. Department of Labor recently issued updated Affordable Care Act model notice forms (OMB No.1210-0149). The new forms contain an expiration date of 5/31/2020, and replace all earlier versions....more
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized Form CMS-10328 (the SRDP Form), a new OMB-approved information collection instrument that must be used by providers and suppliers utilizing the Stark Law...more
There have been significant changes to state and federal laws in 2016 affecting employers of all sizes and in many industries. We'd like to help our clients stay apprised of some of the more critical changes by reminding all...more
Last month, the IRS issued proposed changes to the ACA reporting and disclosure forms for 2016. As a reminder, Forms 1094-B and 1095-B are used by insurance providers to report on the number of individuals enrolled in health...more
As an employer you have an enormous number of forms that must be filed, whether with the Department of Labor, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the IRS or any other agency or group which may exercise authority over your...more
For many employers, the employer mandate under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is already a reality. Having now worked out some of the administrative kinks associated with providing the health plan coverage required by the...more
The IRS has finalized the 2015 forms and instructions for reporting under the individual and employer mandates and issued additional guidance on these new reporting requirements. The following forms are now available...more
With three months remaining in 2015, the IRS has issued final forms and instructions that employers will need to use to satisfy the Affordable Care Act (ACA) information reporting requirements. The final forms and...more
On September 16, 2015, the IRS finalized these ACA coverage reporting Forms and Instructions... We report here, with minimal analysis, changes that we recognized on first comparison to the 2015 Draft Forms and Instructions....more
At about the same time as last year, the IRS has released draft ACA coverage information reporting Forms and Instructions to be used early next year. There are many small differences and one HUGE difference. The IRS decided...more