13 Feb Employer FAQs: Responding to the Anthem Breach

Posted at 19:26h in At Risk, ClearPath blog, Compliance News

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Answers to FAQs about the Anthem Insurance breach are here. Find out more...

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10 Feb IRS Releases Information and Forms for Satisfying the Individual Mandate and Claiming 2014 Premium Tax Credits

Posted at 21:46h in ClearPath blog, Compliance News, IRS

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Here are the forms individuals are to use to file their 2014 premium tax credits. Read more here...

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22 Jan IRS Provides Process to Address Retroactive Increase in Excludable Transit Benefits

Posted at 18:25h in ClearPath blog, Compliance News, PPACA

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On December 19, 2014, the Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014 (TIPA) became law. TIPA included a retroactive increase for 2014 in the amount of transit benefits an employee could exclude from income, whether those benefits are paid directly by the employer or by the...

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12 Jan Compliance Recap | December 2014

Posted at 20:16h in ClearPath blog, Compliance News

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Source: United Benefit Advisors, LLCDuring the month of December Congress passed a temporary increase to the transit pass and vanpooling benefit and the regulatory agencies released several cost-of-living increases, proposed relatively minor revisions to the Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC) requirement, and updated the...

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12 Jan Highlights of the Excise Tax on High-Cost Plans (the “Cadillac Tax”)

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Source: United Benefit Advisors, LLC The excise tax on high cost plans (also referred to as the Cadillac tax and the 4980I tax) is scheduled to take effect in 2018. To date, regulations have not been issued, so many of the details about how the tax...

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12 Jan House passes bill offering smaller employers relief from ACA coverage mandate

Posted at 14:55h in ClearPath blog, Compliance News

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Originally posted January 7, 2015 by Jerry Geisel on Business InsuranceMore small employers would be shielded from a health care reform law provision that requires employers to offer coverage or be liable for a stiff financial penalty under veterans-related legislation approved by the House of...

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23 Dec The “Play or Pay” Package

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What exactly is included in the play or pay requirement, which a small employer may be able to ignore and that mid-size employer may not need to meet until later? Find out here...

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17 Dec Government releases Form 5500 changes

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  Originally posted December 17, 2014 by Mike Nesper on Employee Benefit Advisor The government recently announced changes to the Form 5500 and the Form 5500-SF. The changes, released by the IRS, Employee Benefits Security Administration and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, are listed on the Department of...

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16 Dec ACA employer mandate in action: Avoiding the missteps of 2014

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  Originally posted December 12, 2014, by Deborah Hyde on Employee Benefit News. Soon we will be ushering in the New Year, which marks the first for the roll-out of the employer shared responsibility provisions under the Affordable Care Act. Though numerous guidelines were put forth to...

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15 Dec Supreme Court Agrees to Rule on Availability of Premium Tax Credits

Posted at 16:23h in ClearPath blog, Compliance News

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  Source: United Benefit Advisors, LLC Premium tax credits are only available to individuals who obtain health coverage through a Marketplace. A dispute has arisen as to whether the IRS has the ability to interpret PPACA to allow the subsidy to individuals who obtain coverage through any...

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