Affordable Care Act Reporting Requirements
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Right before the holidays, President Joseph Biden gifted employers some slight ACA reporting relief with the Paperwork Burden Reduction Act and the Employer Reporting Improvement Act (the “Acts”). The Acts are effective for...more
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
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
Congress recently passed the Employer Reporting Improvement Act and the Paperwork Burden Reduction Act (the Acts), which are now awaiting President Biden’s signature. The Acts, among other things, introduce several...more
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
Gear up for another year of ACA reporting! Dive into a comprehensive 90-minute webinar led by Warner Norcross + Judd LLP attorney Stephanie Grant. Gain invaluable insights about the ACA reporting essentials, what codes to use...more
Summary: From early 2015 and through 2016 Marie Henry (“Henry”) was unemployed and in a terrible financial, physical, and mental state. To get by, she made early withdrawals from a retirement plan. She was enrolled in health...more
Since the inception of the annual reporting requirements under the Affordable Care Act for Forms 1094 and 1095, the IRS has been annually extending the deadline for employers to distribute those reports to individuals. In...more
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
On December 15, 2022, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) published final regulations that make permanent certain relief and changes relating to the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) reporting requirements. Specifically, the final...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Recently the U.S. Treasury Department (Treasury) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued regulations (the “Final Regulations”) which finalized previously proposed relief for furnishing Forms 1095-B and...more
The December Monthly Minute highlights the IRS’ decision to make permanent the ACA individual-reporting extension and EBSA’s restoration of $1.4B as a result of its FY22 enforcement actions....more
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
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
For several years, the IRS showed leniency to large employers (50 or more employees) who failed to file Forms 1095-C and 1094-C accurately or by the annual deadline. The IRS has signaled these forms will be reviewed with...more
In this month’s edition of our upcoming deadlines notice to plan sponsors, we highlight March 2022 deadlines that sponsors should prepare for in order to ensure compliance and avoid risks....more
The good news is that the deadline to furnish individuals with the Form 1095-C or Form 1095-B reporting health care coverage in 2021 has been extended to March 2, 2022. The bad news is that the days of good-faith relief are...more
As we discussed in a prior article, it is now more important than ever for employers to ensure they fully and accurately complete IRS Forms 1094-C and 1095-C — forms required to be filed and/or furnished to employees under...more