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The Affordable Care Act adds an additional hospital insurance tax on income above certain amounts (the Additional Medicare Tax). The IRS recently released guidance for ...

Employers must make sure to complete a form I-9 for each newly hired employee. Form I-9 is used for verifying the identity and employment for all workers hired in the ...

Q.- An employee’s mother-in-law lives with him and is his tax dependent. Can the mother-in-law’s expenses be reimbursed through the employee’s FSA? A.- You will first ...

Under IRS rules, all flexible spending account plans must be captured in a written plan document. BAS can work with your organization to prepare the appropriate ...

Cottage Health System based in California notified over 32,000 patients that their personal information may have been accessible on Google.

Patients who were the subject of the second largest HIPAA breach to date have filed a class action lawsuit. The suit alleges that Advocate Health Care did not take the ...

Under health care reform, certain small employers can receive a tax credit of up to 35% of the health insurance premiums they pay for employees. To qualify for the tax ...

The end of the calendar year is a busy time for many Human Resources departments. Holiday parties, vacation planning, open enrollment processes and plan renewals are ...

Q.- An employee is covering his child under our health plan based on a qualified medical child support order issued by the court. The child turned age 21 and no longer ...

Health care reform created a new reporting requirement intended to provide employees more information about the cost of their health coverage. Employers who filed 250 or ...

Employers may wish to consider limiting the ability of employees to take photos in the workplace.

Q.- May I be reimbursed from my FSA for the premiums I pay for Medicare Part B coverage?

Employers with fewer than 50 full-time-equivalent employees are not required to offer health coverage to their workers under health care reform. However, the Affordable ...

The IRS recently changed to the flexible spending account plan use-it-or-lose it rule to allow amounts to be carried over into the next plan year. Employers that have ...

Q.- We terminated an employee October 15 and gave him a COBRA election. His active coverage went through the end of October. He has contacted us and said he does not ...