by Jay Kirschbaum | July 15, 2020 | Compliance Services, Employer Mandate, Reporting and Disclosure
The IRS has alarmed many employers over the last few years by sending 226-J letters assessing potential penalties for alleged violations of the employer mandate under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). While in most cases the employers have been able to dodge those...
by Ed Fensholt | July 9, 2020 | Employer Mandate, Essential Health Benefits, Preventive Care
The Supreme Court has handed the Trump administration a major, but perhaps temporary, victory in the long-simmering fight over whether employer-sponsored group health plans can be required by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to provide no-cost contraceptives to their...
by Jay Kirschbaum | August 5, 2019 | Employer Mandate, Health Reform / ACA, Tax Issues
Recently, the ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC), an association advocating on behalf of large employers that sponsor benefits plans, sent a letter to the IRS. The letter, which addressed the penalty assessment process that has developed under the Affordable Care Act’s...
by Mark Holloway | November 2, 2018 | Employer Mandate, Health Reform / ACA, State and Local Issues
The once-dead health insurance responsibility disclosure (HIRD) form for Massachusetts employers has been resurrected in time for the flurry of end-of-year reporting requirements. The commonwealth’s 2006 health reform law, which served as a model for the federal ACA,...
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 Mark Holloway | August 13, 2018 | Compliance Services, Employer Mandate, Reporting & Disclosure, Tax Issues
By now, you’re likely aware that the IRS has sent hundreds of letters to employers indicating that they may owe penalties because of noncompliance with the ACA employer mandate. Penalties can occur when a full-time employee purchases coverage on a state insurance...
