PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - IRS Clarifies Emergency Distributions Tax Exceptions
Nonprofit Quick Tip: State Filings in North Carolina and South Carolina
REFRESH Nonprofit Basics: Election Year Issues for Private Foundations and Public Charities - Private Foundation Advocacy
REFRESH Nonprofit Basics: Election Year Issues for Private Foundations and Public Charities - Legislative Lobbying and Advocacy Rules for Public Charities
REFRESH Nonprofit Basics: Election Year Issues for Private Foundations and Public Charities - Candidate Campaign Intervention
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 176: Tax Exempt Healthcare Entities with Jim Pool, Maynard Nexsen Health Care Attorney
Scrutiny Around the Hospital Tax-Exempt Status
Nonprofit Basics: What Nonprofits Need To Know About Expenditure Responsibility Grant Requirements
Podcast - Charity Care: A Discussion on Tax-Exempt Hospitals
Nonprofit Basics: Document Retention Policies and Subpoenas, and a Conversation With Aviva Gilbert on Why Good Policies Matter
Nonprofit Basics: Election Year Issues for Private Foundations and Public Charities Part 3: Private Foundation Approaches to Policy Advocacy Allowed by the Internal Revenue Code
Nonprofit Basics: Election Year Issues for Private Foundations and Public Charities Part 2: Legislative Lobbying Activities by Public Charities
Nonprofit Basics: Election Year Issues for Private Foundations and Public Charities Part 1: Candidate Campaign Intervention
Change of Control: Golden Parachute Rules in the Sale Process
Code Section 409A - Six Month Delay
Edible Bites Episode 6: Cannabis Business and Taxes Under IRC Section 280E
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - DOL’s Guidance on Continued COVID-19 Timeframe Relief
When Is Form 1099-C Required of Lenders? [More with McGlinchey, Ep. 16]
On-Demand Webinar | PPP Loan Forgiveness: Employment and Tax Issues for Borrowers
THE ACCIDENTAL ENTREPRENEUR
When it comes to pre-tax savings for qualifying medical expenses, employers have several options available to offer employees. Two of the more popular options are health savings accounts (HSAs) and health reimbursement...more
The Department of Labor (“DOL”) recently released a final regulation (the “Fiduciary Rule”) redefining “investment advice” under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”) and section 4975 of...more
On November 1, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Notice 2023-75, which sets forth the 2024 cost-of-living adjustments affecting dollar limits on benefits and contributions for qualified retirement plans. The...more
The IRS and Social Security Administration have announced cost-of-living increases for retirement plans and other employee benefit plans for 2024....more
Seyfarth Synopsis: In light of the end of the COVID-19 National Emergency and Public Health Emergency, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) has announced the end of prior COVID-19-related special rules for health plan...more
The IRS recently issued Notice 2023-37 (Notice) relating to pre-deductible coverage of COVID-19 testing and treatment under high-deductible health plans (HDHPs). Specifically, the Notice establishes a 2024 expiration date for...more
Earlier this week, the government released Revenue Procedure 2023-23 outlining the 2024 inflation adjusted limits for health savings accounts (HSAs) and high deductible health plans (HDHPs). An HSA is a tax-advantaged way for...more
On March 17, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released updated guidance on whether certain costs related to substance abuse programs, exercise programs, wellness and general health qualify as medical expenses under...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: New IRS FAQs provide helpful clarifications on eligible medical expenses for HSAs, FSAs, MSAs, and HRAs (including the conditions for reimbursement of those gym memberships)....more
The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 (“CAA 2023”), signed into law on December 29, introduced sweeping reforms to the employee benefits landscape. Not only do the CAA 2023’s “SECURE 2.0” provisions make some...more
If you sponsor a high deductible health plan (“HDHP”) and have been tracking telehealth relief, your head may be spinning and rightfully so! There have been various laws and guidance impacting HDHPs and telehealth since 2020...more
With little time to spare before the provisions expired, Congress has extended, and President Biden is set to sign into law, an important safe harbor that allows plan sponsors to continue offering reduced-cost telehealth...more
Key Takeaways: ..Group health plan sponsors are wrestling with abortion-related service coverage considerations in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. ..Each...more
Earlier this year, the Personal Health Investment Today Act of 2021 (the PHIT Act) was introduced in the U.S. Senate, where the legislation remains currently pending. If enacted, the PHIT Act would amend the Internal Revenue...more
Summary - To facilitate the nation’s response to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), also known as the Coronavirus, the Internal Revenue Service advised in IRS Notice 2020-15 that a high-deductible health plan (HDHP),...more
The IRS has published guidance permitting High Deductible Health Plans (“HDHPs”) to cover the costs of screening for the COVID-19 virus....more
Washington Health Benefit Exchange Announces Special Enrollment Period - Today, the IRS issued Notice 2020-15 clarifying that high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) may provide benefits associated with testing and treatment...more
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue announced the 2020 dollar limitations for benefits and contributions that apply to retirement plans. Most limits have increased, while a few remained the same. The Social Security...more
On July 17, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of the Treasury in Notice 2019-45 announced the expansion of preventive care benefits under qualifying high-deductible health plans (HDHPs). This...more
On May 28, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced in Revenue Procedure 2019-25 the 2020 health savings account (HSA) annual contribution limit and the 2020 high deductible health plan (HDHP) definitional limit per...more
Employers who offer high deductible health insurance plans to their employees typically also offer Health Savings Accounts (“HSAs”). HSAs allow employees to pay for uninsured medical expenses with pre-tax dollars and are...more
Acknowledging “numerous unanticipated administrative and financial burdens,” the IRS officially revoked its earlier attempt to lower the 2018 health savings account (HSA) contribution limits. ...more
The IRS has announced that it will restore the family deduction limit for Health Savings Account (HSA) contributions to $6,900 for 2018. The IRS had previously set this limit last spring, but earlier this year announced that...more
The IRS previously announced that the 2018 contribution limit for health savings accounts (HSAs) corresponding to family coverage under a high-deductible health plan would be $6,900. However, now three months into 2018, the...more
On November 2, 2017, the Committee on Ways and Means of the U.S. House of Representatives released its tax reform bill titled the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “House Bill”). On November 6, 2017, Kevin Brady, Chairman of the...more