by Mark Holloway | June 8, 2018 | Tax Issues
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has proposed new rules to increase the number of employers required to file tax information electronically with the IRS. The new rules would apply to Forms W-2, 1099, the Affordable Care Act (ACA)-related 1095-C and other information...
by Mark Holloway | April 12, 2018 | Compliance Services, Essential Health Benefits
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced the inflation-adjusted out-of-pocket (OOP) limits that will apply to non-grandfathered plans for plan years beginning in 2019. The OOP limit includes the plan’s deductible and cost-sharing amounts for...
by Mark Holloway | April 5, 2018 | Compliance Services, State and Local Issues, Tax Issues
Massachusetts has started mailing employer letters explaining the operation of a new tax assessment that will apply beginning on April 30. Unfortunately, the letter is confusing and could lead some employers to erroneously conclude they must designate their medical...
by Mark Holloway | March 20, 2018 | ACA Repeal and Replace, Compliance Services, Employer Mandate, Health Reform, Health Reform / ACA, Individual Mandate
This week marks the eight-year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). In that span the law has survived numerous legal challenges, including more than one decision from the US Supreme Court. In a landmark decision in 2012, the high court ruled that the ACA...
by Mark Holloway | November 15, 2017 | Health Reform, State and Local Issues
Beginning next year, the ghost of Massachusetts health reform will be back to haunt employers in the form of a new tax. The tax will apply to some Massachusetts employers as a way to help fund the commonwealth’s combined Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance (CHIP)...
