Not only did the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, signed into law on December 20th, repeal three taxes under the Affordable Care Act; the law also extends payment of PCORI fees for the next ten years (2020 through 2029). The ACA created the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to help patients, …
On Friday, December 20th, President Trump signed H.R. 1865 into law, the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020, which included a full repeal of three taxes originally imposed by the Affordable Care Act (ACA): Repeal of the Cadillac Tax beginning in 2020, which would have imposed a 40% excise tax …
On December 9, 2019, the IRS released final 2019 forms and instructions for reporting under Internal Revenue Code Sections 6055 and 6056. These forms and instructions require certain employers to provide information to the IRS about their health plan coverage. While similar to the 2018 versions, it is important to …
Every year employers that sponsor group health plans are subject to numerous reporting and disclosure requirements. Not all compliance requirements will apply to every employer, but group health plan sponsors should familiarize themselves with health plan compliance deadlines. For non-calendar year plans, these deadlines will need to be adjusted to …
The IRS has updated their Questions and Answers (Q&As) on the employer shared responsibility rules under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), to include adjusted penalty amounts for 2019 and 2020. According to the FAQs, the penalty amounts will be increased as follows: For calendar year 2019, the adjusted $2,000 amount …
On May 5, 2017, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Revenue Procedure 2017-36 to index the contribution percentages in 2018 for purposes of determining affordability of an employer’s plan under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). For plan years beginning in 2018, employer-sponsored coverage will be considered affordable if the employee’s required contribution for self-only coverage does …
The deadline for e-Filing 1094-C forms is coming up on June 30. In theory, e-Filing should accelerate the submission of these Affordable Care Act forms, but the reality we have observed is that many Applicable Large Employers are having difficulty filing forms electronically. The lesson here for employers is that …
Across the board, we’re observing a recurring theme: Affordable Care Act (ACA) compliance is complex and time consuming. The employers who are successful with the process are those that allow time to navigate a course full of twists and turns. “Don’t put off ’til tomorrow what you can do today” …
