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IRS Releases Forms for Pay or Play Penalty

As a follow up to our article about the imminent assessment of employer shared responsibility penalties (read our prior article by clicking here), the IRS released forms ...
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Last Transitional Reinsurance Fee

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) created the Transitional Reinsurance Program to help keep premiums for coverage purchased through the Health Insurance Marketplace to a ...
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IRS To Enforce ACA Pay or Play Employer Mandate

The IRS will begin enforcing the employer shared responsibility provisions of the Affordable Care Act later this year. The employer shared responsibility provisions ...
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Look-Back Measurement Method

Employers with calendar year health plans that use the look-back measurement method for determining employees’ full-time status will likely be able to make those ...
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ACA Open Enrollment for Individual Coverage

The open enrollment period to elect coverage under an individual plan in the Health Care Exchange Marketplace runs from November 1, 2017 through December 15, 2017. ...
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Individual Mandate and Income Tax Returns

The individual mandate provisions of the Affordable Care Act require every taxpayer to (a) have qualifying health coverage; (b) qualify for an exemption from having ...
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Opt-Out Payments Under ACA

With calendar-year plan open enrollment season approaching, employers should consider how they treat payments made for opting out of health coverage.
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Full Time for ALE vs. Full Time for Benefits

The Affordable Care Act requires applicable large employers (ALEs) to offer health coverage to full time employees and their dependents. A “full-time employee” is ...
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Recording Hours in MyEnroll

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires employers to track employees’ hours worked so the employer can determine each employee’s full-time status and eligibility for ...
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Question of the Week

Q.- We are preparing for open enrollment. Is an employee still permitted to waive coverage, or do all employees have to take our medical coverage under the Affordable ...
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