Despite the Affordable Care Act (ACA) being in place since 2012 and effective since 2015, misconceptions around the ACA Employer Mandate persist. We’ll walk you through four common ACA misconceptions and separate fact from fiction. Misconception #1: The ACA Employer Mandate has been repealed – it’s gone. Despite all the political turmoil of the last [...]
The Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010, and the employer-shared responsibility mandate went into effect in 2015. Is there an ACA small employer mandate? It’s challenging for small business owners to understand how the ACA impacts them specifically. As a small business owner, how do you know if you’re required to provide health insurance [...]
Variable hour tracking can surely be a burdensome task for most employers. However, it is necessary in order to remain compliant with the ACA. As most employers know by now, a variable hour employee is one who does not have a set schedule that meets the average of 30 hours per week. Therefore, employers [...]
Cue the “Jaws” movie music, because the penalties are coming. Thursday, July 11th, on the monthly IRS Payroll Industry call, the IRS continued to communicate that ACA compliance activities continue, including non-compliance letters, despite legislative and judicial challenges. One example is Texas v. United States which argues that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) individual mandate [...]
As companies grow and hire more employees, additional compliance burdens often accompany that growth. For example, many employers fear the dreaded 50 employee threshold - for good reason! 50 employees is the magic number that triggers an additional compliance burden for employers. When that 50 employee threshold is reached, employers need to address compliance [...]
Employer compliance is an ongoing effort that requires preparation and maintenance, and ACA hours tracking can be complicated. Especially for employers who have variable hour employees who require eligibility determination throughout the year. As a reminder, a variable hour employee is one who does not have a set schedule that meets the average of 30 [...]
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has been in place for several years now and the solutions companies have put in place to manage ACA compliance range from manual spreadsheets to specialty software to outsourcing the whole thing. In the current political climate, many companies hesitate to change solutions, hoping the ACA will disappear. But the [...]
If you had any concerns about your 2016 ACA 1095-C forms, we can all take a collective sigh of relief. On the May 2, 2019 Payroll Industry call, the IRS announced that they have completed 99.8% of the Employer Shared Responsibility Payment (ESRP) penalty notification letters, also known as the dreaded 226J letter, for [...]
If you are a US employer with 50 or more full-time employees, you must (still) comply with the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and file forms 1095-C (the year-end summary of payroll data for each full-time employee) with the IRS every year along with a summary 1094-C. These forms go beyond quarterly data and require [...]
Updated January 11, 2023 With the ACA not going anywhere, now is a good time to make sure your ducks are in a row for ACA compliance this year. Here’s some tips on how to stay compliant. Quick reminder: Under the ACA employer mandate, ALEs (Applicable Large Employers) must periodically (usually monthly) offer at [...]