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Opt-Out Payments & Affordability

Fiscal year plans may be approaching their annual enrollment period. Plans that want to offer an incentive for employees to opt-out of health coverage should consider ...
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Question of the Week

Q.- An employee complained to us that we didn’t withhold enough taxes from his paycheck and he had to pay a lot of taxes this year. How do we respond to him?
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Human Error Threat

Human error is a huge threat to security of employer systems, especially as employees continue to work remotely. Training a workforce in security protocol and practice ...
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Refunding Unused Qualified Transportation Plan Contributions

The IRS confirmed that unused compensation reduction contributions to a qualified parking plan may not be transferred to a flexible spending account or returned to an ...
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Review Offers of Coverage

Employers should review their offers of coverage to ensure full-time employees are being offered the opportunity to enroll in health benefits. It is important to note ...
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EEO-1 Component 1 Data Collection Filing

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has announced that the 2021 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection tool will open April 12, 2022. The deadline to submit and ...
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Question of the Week

Q.- We just started offering a high deductible health plan with a health savings account. One of our employees wants to change the HSA election amount he made during ...
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IRS Tax Security Warning

The IRS is warning people to be alert for online scams and schemes during tax season. They advise that cybersecurity protection and scam recognition is vitally important ...
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Affiliated Companies & ACA

Applicable Large Employers (ALE) with 50 or more full-time employees must provide affordable, minimum value coverage to full-time employees and their dependents or be ...
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Premium Tax Credit Affordability Determination

The IRS issued a proposed rule which, if finalized, would change eligibility for the premium tax credit when purchasing coverage through the Marketplace. The new ...
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