By Anita Byer, Setnor Byer Insurance & Risk The IRS announced that the Affordable Care Act’s affordability threshold for employer-sponsored group health plans will be 9.12 percent in 2023. Employers with 50 or more full-time or full-time equivalent employees (Applicable Large Employers or ALEs) must recognize...
By Anita Byer, Setnor Byer Insurance & Risk The IRS announced that the Affordable Care Act’s affordability threshold for employer-sponsored group health plans will be 9.61 percent in 2022. Employers with 50 or more full-time or full-time equivalent employees (Applicable Large Employers or ALEs) must recognize...
Setnor Byer Insurance & Risk This seemingly endless year is almost over…finally. That means it’s time for Applicable Large Employers (ALEs) to start focusing on the Affordable Care Act’s annual information-reporting requirements. Fortunately, the Internal Revenue Service extended the deadline for ALEs to furnish 2020 information...
It’s that time of year again. Large employers must turn their attention to the Affordable Care Act’s annual information-reporting requirements. The good news is that the Internal Revenue Service extended the deadline for large employers to furnish 2019 information statements to employees. However, the deadline to file information returns with the...
The Internal Revenue Service announced that the Affordable Care Act’s affordability threshold will be 9.78 percent in 2020. This is important because employers with 50 or more full-time or full-time equivalent employees in the preceding calendar year (Applicable Large Employers or ALEs) must offer their full-time employees minimum essential health...
The deadlines for large employers to comply with the Affordable Care Act’s annual information reporting requirements are almost here. Employers have been given an extension of time to furnish 2018 information statements to employees, but the deadline to file information returns with the Internal Revenue...
Unlike the Individual Mandate, the Affordable Care Act’s Employer Mandate isn’t going anywhere in 2019. Employers with 50 or more full-time and full-time equivalent employees will still have to offer “affordable” health coverage to avoid ACA penalties. But, there is a sliver of good news....
It wasn’t long before campaign promises to repeal Obamacare became official White House policy. On his first day in office, President Trump issued an Executive Order stating that “it is the policy of my Administration to seek the prompt repeal of the Patient Protection and...
On November 18, 2016, the Internal Revenue Service gave employers averaging at least 50 full-time or full-time equivalent employees in 2015 (Applicable Large Employers or ALEs) an early holiday gift. The IRS extended the Affordable Care Act’s due date to furnish 2016 Forms 1095-C to...
Did you know that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) contains a civil rights provision? The ACA prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability in certain health programs and activities. Despite becoming law in 2010, final implementation rules were...