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
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
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
Seyfarth Synopsis: The IRS has released final instructions for completing Forms 1094-C and 1095-C for 2021. Notably the instructions provide that the due date for furnishing Form 1095-C to individuals is extended to March 2,...more
Similar to last year, in Notice 2020-76, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) has extended the deadlines for delivery (but not filing) of the 2020 Forms 1094 and 1095 required by the Affordable Care Act (the “ACA”)....more
Similar to last year, the Internal Revenue Service has given employers a holiday gift – an extension of the deadlines for delivery (but not filing) of 2019 Forms 1094 and 1095....more
Every IRS Form 1094/1095 filing season (roughly January and February of each year), we receive questions on reporting for expatriate employees. The most common questions: do we need to furnish a Form to expat employees...more
The Affordable Care Act or ACA (a/k/a “Obamacare”) is not dead, yet. Employers are starting to receive letters from the IRS notifying them that they owe assessable payments (“penalties”) under the employer shared...more
On November 17, the IRS published the Form that Applicable Large Employers must use to respond to IRS letters regarding proposed assessment of 2015 employer mandate taxes. Form 14764 is a paper, mail-in “ESRP Response” that...more
The Affordable Care Act or ACA (a/k/a “Obamacare”) is not dead, yet. On November 2, 2017, FAQs 55-58 appeared, without fanfare, on the IRS’ ACA website. These FAQs outline the process the IRS will use to notify an applicable...more
Just days ago, “Questions and Answers on Employer Shared Responsibility Provisions Under the Affordable Care Act,” No. 57 read as follows: Does the IRS expect to publish more information about the employer shared...more
We don’t blame you for hearing that whenever someone warns of employer mandate taxes coming your way. Nevertheless, we’re donning the chicken suit once again to keep you aware. This time, we’ll keep it short and mainly...more
ACA “repeal” proposals at this point seem like zombie extras – walking dead, and none of them purports to repeal employer mandate taxes that accrued in 2015. Collection is coming; only the timing is in question. ACV 2.0 is...more
Maxwell Smart, aka “Agent 86” in the 1960’s TV series Get Smart, claimed to have survived “fiendish” water torture – 300 gallons at the rate of one drop a minute. When disbelieved, he asked, “Would you believe a quart?” The...more
As previously reported, § 2001 of the 2017 budget bill required all ACA repeal/replace bills to be filed and reported from assigned committees by Friday, January 27, 2017. That didn’t happen. Since our last posting, the...more
The Internal Revenue Service recently issued revised draft Forms 1094-C and 1095-C and related instructions for use for the 2016 reporting year. ...more
Hopefully, most employers that are applicable large employers (“ALEs”), i.e., employers that averaged 50 or more full-time employees (including full-time equivalents) in the prior calendar year, now have their game plan in...more
After months of preparation and multiple iterations of (sometimes conflicting) IRS guidance, health coverage providers and applicable large employers are nearing the end of the 2015 reporting season under the Affordable Care...more
The Affordable Care Act requires “applicable large employers” (generally, employers with 50 or more full-time employees and full-time employee equivalents) to provide individual statements to their full-time employees and to...more
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
This is part two of a series of posts highlighting traps for the unwary in preparing information returns required under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). As mentioned in part one, information statements must be furnished to...more
We work closely with employers (mostly ALEs) and an array of service providers – payroll processors, benefit plan consultants and administrators, software developers and transmitters, employee leasing firms, insurance brokers...more
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