by Scott Behrens | September 11, 2018 | Employer Mandate, Health Reform, Health Reform / ACA, Reporting & Disclosure
The House of Representatives is scheduled to consider a package of bills that would make significant changes to employer requirements under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Reports suggest the package will pass through the Republican-controlled House this week; however,...
by Scott Behrens | March 29, 2018 | Tax Issues
The tax reform package signed into law late last year included a provision eliminating the ability of employers to deduct payments made for qualified transportation benefits like employee parking and mass transit passes. The new rule is straightforward when the...
by Scott Behrens | May 20, 2016 | Health Reform
Absent a ninth justice to presumably cast a deciding vote, the Supreme Court told Health and Human Services (HHS) and various religious employers challenging HHS’s contraceptive mandate accommodation to head back to the negotiating table. As described in our recent...
by Scott Behrens | January 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
The IRS recently issued a simplified program to reflect the retroactive application of the PATH Act provision that increased the tax-free benefit employees may receive for employment-related mass transit expenses to match the tax-free benefit for employment-related...
by Scott Behrens | September 10, 2015 | Compliance Services
On Labor Day, the President signed an executive order that will, in effect, require federal contractors and their subcontractors to provide employees up to seven paid sick days each year starting in 2017. This paid leave requirement joins an assortment of similar...
