Affordable Care Act, Reporting Requirements, Full-Time Employees

The Top Affordable Care Act Reporting Mistakes We Continue to See in 2024

Dickinson Wright on 5/14/2024

Nearly once a week, I receive a frantic call or email from a current or potential client who has received a proposed or final assessment from the IRS related to Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) reporting. So-called “Applicable...more

Breaking Down ACA Penalty Letters: IRS’s 2021 Initiative

Trusaic on 8/25/2023

The IRS has issued its first ACA penalty letters for tax year 2021. While employers have been forewarned, many may not be fully armed to respond in a timely and compliant manner. The IRS is making good on its promise, and...more

2016 Draft Forms 1094-C and 1095-C and Instructions: What’s New, Page-by-Page

Balch & Bingham LLP on 8/9/2016

In the ACA realm, change is the only constant, so don’t take this to the bank. We’re telling you what we see for the first time, on a first reading of the draft 2016 Forms and Instructions that the IRS has released since...more

Staffing Firms, Educational Organizations, and Breaks-in-Service under the Affordable Care Act Employer Shared Responsibility...

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits... on 2/12/2016

In Q&A format, recently issued Notice 2015-87 addresses a number of pressing issues that have arisen under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), including that law’s employer shared responsibility rules, information reporting...more

FAQs Regarding The ACA's Employer Reporting Requirements And Delay Of Reporting Requirements (Part 2 Of 2)

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 2/10/2016

A few weeks ago, we provided the most Frequently Asked Questions regarding the employer reporting requirements under The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the "ACA"), which are generally effective beginning January...more

Extension of ACA Reporting Deadline is Welcome News to Employers

Akerman LLP on 1/8/2016

On December 28, 2015, the IRS announced in Notice 2016-4 that the deadlines for complying with the new reporting requirements under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will be temporarily extended for purposes of 2015 coverage....more

The Affordable Care Act’s Reporting Requirements for Carriers and Employers (Part 19 of 24): Terminations, Changes in Status and...

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits... on 12/4/2015

Last week we examined the reporting challenges associated with employee terminations, changes in status, and breaks in service under the monthly measurement method. As we explained, “[t]he final regulations under Code § 4980H...more

Applicable Large Employers Should Determine Their Full-Time Employees For ACA Purposes And Prepare For Reporting In 2016

Laner Muchin, Ltd. on 11/23/2015

By way of reminder, employers who employ at least 50 full-time employees (including full-time equivalents) on average during the calendar year of 2014 will be required to file Internal Revenue Service (IRS) forms 1095-C and...more

The Affordable Care Act’s Reporting Requirements for Carriers and Employers (Part 18 of 24): Terminations, Changes in Status and...

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits... on 11/20/2015

The final regulations under Code § 4980H establish two—and only two—methods for determining an employee’s status as full-time: the monthly measurement method and the look-back measurement method. Under the former (as the name...more

End of Year Issues Impacting Employer Health Plans

Sherman & Howard L.L.C. on 10/30/2015

With the end of 2015 fast approaching, employers should be aware of certain issues under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“ACA”), the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) and...more

The Affordable Care Act’s Reporting Requirements for Carriers and Employers (Part 15 of 24): Coding Form 1095-C, Part II for...

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits... on 10/29/2015

As we noted in a previous post, the recently issued final 2015 Instructions for Forms 1094-C and 1095-C changed certain of the rules relating to the reporting for offers of COBRA coverage where the COBRA qualifying event...more

The Affordable Care Act’s Reporting Requirements for Carriers and Employers (Part 14 of 24): Coding Form 1095-C, Part II for...

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits... on 10/23/2015

When reporting offers of coverage to full-time employees under the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) employer shared responsibility rules, much of the detail appears in Part II of IRS Form 1095-C, Lines 14, 15 and 16. For the most...more

The Affordable Care Act’s Reporting Requirements for Carriers and Employers (Part 13 of 24): Coding Form 1095-C, Part II for...

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits... on 10/14/2015

Compliance with the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) employer shared responsibility rules requires that applicable large employers identify their full-time employees. A “full-time employee” for this purpose is an employee who...more

Your New Year’s Resolutions Should Include Affordable Care Act Compliance

Carlton Fields on 1/2/2015

Since its enactment more than four years ago, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has made several significant changes to health care. Provisions implemented in 2014 included state and federal exchanges, health insurance premium...more

The Affordable Care Act Part Two – Preparing for 2015

Cole Schotz on 11/26/2014

This is the second of a three part series on the Affordable Care Act (“ACA” or “Act”), commonly known as “ObamaCare.” This post discusses the Employer Mandate, which takes effect January 1, 2015, and certain reporting...more

HEALTH CARE REFORM: Time to get serious about the Affordable Care Act’s employer reporting requirements

McAfee & Taft on 9/26/2014

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has consumed us for the last four and a half years. As employers, we have spent so much time trying to figure out what the ACA requires, trying to hit the government’s moving regulatory targets,...more

IRS Finalizes and Clarifies ObamaCare Reporting Rules

Blank Rome LLP on 9/25/2014

The Internal Revenue Service has released a lengthy set of questions and answers regarding the reporting requirements under the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) for “applicable large employers” under section 6056 of the Internal...more

Affordable Care Act Update: Final Regulations Assist Employers With Identifying Full-Time Employees and Reporting Requirements

Sherman & Howard L.L.C. on 7/14/2014

Earlier this year, the IRS issued final regulations implementing the employer shared responsibility provisions (the “Pay-or-Play Mandate”) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”). We issued a Client...more

IRS Issues Proposed Regulations for Employer-Shared Responsibility under ACA

Baker Donelson on 2/18/2013

On December 28, 2012, the IRS issued proposed regulations with respect to employer-shared responsibility regarding health coverage under the Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA). Employers are permitted to rely on these proposed...more

Monthly Benefits Update - January 2013

Franczek P.C. on 2/4/2013

In This Issue: - Health & Welfare Plans ..Health Care Reform: IRS Issues Proposed “Pay or Play” Regulations ..Health Care Reform: IRS Issues FAQs on Various ACA Issues ..HHS Issues Final HIPAA Regulations...more

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