Affordable Care Act Reporting Changes: Good News for Plan Sponsors
In a win for plan sponsors, the recently enacted Employer Reporting Improvement Act and the Paperwork Burden Reduction Act (the Acts), among other things, introduce several significant changes to the reporting and enforcement rules of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
The Current Rules
Forms 1095-B and 1095-C: Under the ACA, plan sponsors, specifically Applicable Large
Pre-Thanksgiving ACA Reporting Relief That’s No Turkey
Just three weeks ago, we wrote that employers likely would not receive certain Affordable Care Act reporting relief to which they’ve become accustomed.
But in a welcome turn of events, the IRS just released proposed regulations that make permanent a 30-day automatic extension for furnishing Forms 1095-B and 1095-C to individuals. Such forms will now
Employers in Union-Related Group Health Plans Must Still Comply with ACA Reporting Requirements
Employers who provide health benefits to their union workforce through a multiemployer group health plan must satisfy all the Affordable Care Act (ACA) reporting requirements regarding their union employees… More
Does Your Company Have to File Forms 1094/1095 in New Jersey?
Last week, the IRS issued it updated Form 1094-C and 1095-C instructions for 2019. Employers that employ New Jersey residents, however, may have more reading to do. New Jersey responded to the federal repeal of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) individual mandate, by enacting a mandate of its own. The New Jersey Health Insurance Market
As The ACA Landscape Shifts Again, What’s an Employer to Do?
As employers and their third-party administrators begin to wrap-up their Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) reporting for the 2018 tax year, we’ve started to receive questions about what comes next. As we discussed here, with the implementation of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “Act”), the ACA’s “individual mandate”
IRS Announces Filing Extension for Furnishing 2018 Forms 1095-B and 1095-C and Continued Good Faith Transition Relief
In IRS Notice 2018-94, the IRS announced an extension for furnishing 2018 IRS Forms 1095-B (Health Coverage) and 1095-C (Employer-Provided Health Insurance Offer and Coverage), from January 31, 2019, to March 4, 2019. The IRS issued this extension in response to requests by employers, insurers, and other providers of health insurance coverage that additional