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 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 Ethan McWilliams | January 12, 2018 | Compliance Services, DOL, ERISA
Federal prosecutors recently indicted the owner of a California medical clinic and a delivery service driver for allegedly bilking employer-sponsored healthcare plans for millions of dollars in claims for sleep study expenses. The case is another illustration of the...
by Ed Fensholt | December 29, 2017 | Compliance Services, EEOC, Health Reform
IRS puts damper on prepaying 2018 property taxes, Court rescinds EEOC wellness regs…for 2019, Oregon may jump on “Let’s tax health insurance!” bandwagon We have a mixed bag for you in this last blog post of 2017: A pair of tax issues (one federal, one state), and a...
by Ed Fensholt | December 14, 2017 | State and Local Issues
Employers with at least 20 persons performing work for compensation (or at least 50 persons, in the case of a nonprofit organization) and that have at least one employee who performs work in San Francisco are subject to the San Francisco Health Care Security Ordinance...
by Ed Fensholt | December 13, 2017 | Benefits Communication, Employee Communications, ERISA
Recent interim rules issued by federal authorities relaxed contraceptive-coverage requirements imposed by the Obama administration. Employers looking to roll back cost-free coverage of contraceptives under their health plans, pursuant to the interim rules, must play...
