The IRS announced the expansion of tax credits under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARP) to cover paid time off for employees receiving COVID-19 vaccinations. Employers ...

PPE and Health FSA/HRA

BAS
01.04.2021
HR & Benefits Compliance

The IRS announced that amounts paid for personal protective equipment such as masks, hand sanitizer and sanitizing wipes for the primary purpose of preventing the spread ...

ACA Filing Due Soon

BAS
25.03.2021
Health Care Reform (ACA)

Employers must remember their Affordable Care Act (ACA) obligations even during the COVID-19 pandemic. Form 1094-B/C must be transmitted to the IRS by March 31, 2021. ...

COBRA Timeframes: Extended Again

BAS
03.03.2021
COBRA

The Employee Benefits Security Administration issued Disaster Relief Notice 2021-01 on February 26, 2021 requiring an ongoing suspension of COBRA deadlines that come due ...

Employers Requiring COVID Vaccines

BAS
28.01.2021
HR & Benefits Compliance

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released guidance for employers to use when considering requiring COVID-19 vaccines for employees. The guidance says ...

New Flexible Spending Account Changes in Stimulus Bill

BAS
22.12.2020
Covid

The Stimulus Bill (Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021) passed by the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives on December 21, 2020 gives flexible spending account ...

Question of the Week

BAS
10.12.2020
Health Care Reform (ACA)

Q.- We had a part-time employee who did not work for a few months because we were closed due to COVID restrictions. We received a Paycheck Protection loan and paid the ...

Question of the Week

BAS
05.11.2020
COBRA

Q.- A COBRA participant is asking for his spouse to be added to his COBRA coverage since she exhausted her own COBRA coverage. Doesn’t his request have to be made within ...

Question of the Week

BAS
22.10.2020
COBRA

Q.- I know the deadlines for paying for COBRA coverage have been extended during the COVID-19 national emergency. Are we allowed to collect money from people who have ...

Question of the Week

BAS
24.09.2020
Covid

Q.- An employee missed the claims submission deadline for our health FSA. He now wants to be reimbursed for an expense he incurred during the plan year but forgot to ...

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