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Without much fanfare, a radical data science revolution is taking place inside the Internal Revenue Service [IRS]. And all corporate employers should take note — and take steps not to get caught out by it. From 2010 to 2021, the IRS experienced budget cuts in real terms of 22%, leaving it with outdated technology and a […]
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The IRS ACA reporting DEADLINES for TY23 [filing in 2024] are as follows: MARCH 1, 2024: Deadline to furnish IRS FORMs 1095-C to individual eligible employees. [This date takes in account that 2024 is a leap year.] APRIL 1, 2024: Deadline to e-file FORMs 1095-C & 1094-C plus all other required ACA documentation to the
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There are two series of IRS CODES for ACA reporting & compliance. These codes relate to LINES 14 & 16 of IRS FORM 1095-C, the individual employee form that as health plan sponsors APPLICABLE LARGE EMPLOYERS [ALEs] must complete and distribute to all eligible employees. See here for the difference between FORMS 1095-B & 1095-C. Series 1 Codes:
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When passed, the Affordable Care Act [ACA] required individuals to purchase & maintain qualifying health insurance coverage – or face a federal penalty. By reducing these penalties to zero in 2019, the federal Tax Cuts & Jobs Act [TCJA] effectively repealed the ACA individual mandate [as distinct from the ACA employer mandate]. Eleven US states
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As we enter the final straight for TY23 filings, the IRS continues to process a backlog of 226J penalty letters for ACA non-compliance in previous tax years. WHAT IS AN IRS 226J PENALTY LETTER? The IRS issues 226J notices when Applicable Large Employers [ALEs] fail to comply with the Employer’s Shared Responsibility Provision [Employer Mandate]
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As IRS filing deadlines approach in the New Year, BENEFITSCAPE takes a look at the hefty penalties for employers missing TY23 ACA deadlines. And we also issue three warnings about some misleading ACA information online. WARNING 1: Some online AI-generated guides to ACA reporting & compliance confuse IRS penalties for late or incorrectly furnished filings [IR
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The Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act is in robust political health in the run-up to the 2024 Presidential elections. Not one GOP candidate attacked the act during the recent TV debates [MSNBC: GOP Candidates Abandon ACA Repeal Push]; and all have removed any criticism from their websites. In opinion polls, some 60% of Americans
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In late August the IRS announced changes to the 2024 health plan affordability threshold. [See IRS Rev. Proc. 2023-29.] This is the measure used to determine if an employer’s lowest-premium health plan meets ACA affordability requirements. The 2024 threshold will be 8.39% of an employee’s household income. That is significantly down from this year’s 9.12%
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