Updated 10/23/2023 Navigating the Affordable Care Act (ACA) can be complicated and confusing for many companies, not to mention distracting. On top of that, there are severe penalties for noncompliance. Your business leaders and accounting team need to stay focused on core business tasks, not wasting time trying to figure out how to stay [...]
So you’ve gotten your feet wet in the sea of Affordable Care Act mandates. You feel ready, willing and able to tackle ACA compliance for 2016. Before settling in and getting too comfortable, let’s review some changes that have been made to 2016 filing. 2016 is the year to make sure your company’s ACA Compliance [...]
As with other governmental mandates, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) presents challenging reporting obligations to eligible businesses. Applicable large employers must capture certain information about employees and health insurance on a monthly basis, all year long. There are calculations and decisions that need to be made every month and all of this information must then [...]
When it comes time to determine Applicable Large Employer (ALE) status, deciding which employees are counted as full-time or full-time equivalent can be daunting. The Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act of 2015 gives businesses incentives to hire veterans and military members. There are many considerations, but here we will specifically cover [...]
Most employees and businesses have often considered ‘full-time’ to mean a traditional 40-hour work week. However, for the purposes of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) reporting, the definition of ‘full-time employee’ has been reclassified to 30 hours of service per week. In addition, employers must also calculate and include the hours of service which may [...]
Under the ACA mandate the full time status has changed from 40 hours a week to 30. At this point this change is well known. Through this mandate, employers are required to track employees and when an employee goes over 30 hours a week are required to offer coverage to that employee; again, this is [...]
Content updated on November 16th. What a week! The election of Donald Trump as our next president has already raised some questions around what happens to the Affordable Care Act, specifically the Employer Mandate. Many have started speculating on what may happen. Suffice to say that the possibilities are endless and nobody really knows [...]
Are you a small business that is growing and expanding at a great rate of speed? Have you been adding employees or have over 50 employees? Welcome to the world of the Affordable Care Act. All employers with 50 or more employees must comply with the ACA. So, what does that mean for you? [...]
When it comes to providing proof of health insurance coverage for Affordable Care Act compliance reporting, having the correct employee records is crucial. Generally speaking, there is no need to retain payroll records that are over seven years old and 1094-C and 1095-C records over three years old. With this information in mind, how does [...]
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