With the Affordable Care Act filing season finally over for 2018, a collective sigh of relief is in order for US employers and those - like us - that help them out. But stay vigilant: complying with the ACA employer mandate in 2019 remains a must for US employers, and most likely next year as [...]
If you’re worried about where your accounting and payroll software is going to fit in with the new push to the cloud, I have a little story to tell that might calm your fears. Remember this? Remember when the business world switched from DOS to Windows? Anyone? Well, I admit it, I was there. And [...]
As a business owner, you want to keep your health care costs as low as you can. You also want to take advantage of whatever tax breaks you can. With the Affordable Care Act (ACA), your company can do both. What’s important is to set up your ACA business planning so that you get the [...]
Human resources departments are becoming strategic partners within today’s organizations. No longer do they exist only to hire, fire, and pay employees. HR professionals are critical to an organization's long-term growth and development. As HR departments undergo a massive transformation, so is the HR outsourcing industry. By 2020, the HR outsourcing industry is expected to [...]
Updated January 11, 2023 The IRS has proven over the last several months that they are actively enforcing the ACA by issuing letters to Applicable Large Employers (ALEs) who may have failed to comply with Affordable Care Act. Since the IRS is fully engaged in the Affordable Care Act audit process, it is more [...]
Updated January 11, 2023 Despite the 2018 Texas ruling declaring the Affordable Care Act (ACA) unconstitutional, the health law remains in force for US employers. So be sure to: File all related IRS forms Keep tracking employee eligibility and affordability around health care benefits What do you need to do during the [...]
Are you an Applicable Large Employer that is required to comply with the Affordable Care Act? In addition to the benefits of getting your employee ACA reporting for the IRS (1095-Cs) done before the busy W-2 season begins, there is now another great reason to get started early on your year-end ACA activities: the US [...]
Updated 7/30/2020 Late in the day on December 14, 2018, a federal judge in Texas ruled the entire Affordable Care Act unconstitutional. The White House was quick to issue a statement saying that pending the appeal process, the law remains in place. This appeal process will take a while and is going to be interesting [...]
Content updated February 14, 2025 Year-end is a busy time of year for HR and payroll professionals: along with their “normal” everyday duties, they have to deal with added challenges of open enrollment for benefits, getting W-2s distributed on time, and ACA 1095-C reporting. Fortunately, the IRS gave us an extension for providing 1095-Cs [...]
On November 29, 2018, the IRS released Notice 2018-94: US employers get lucky again! The due date for providing Forms 1095-C to employees is extended to March 4, 2019 The ACA employer mandate – which remains business as usual after the midterm elections – requires all US employers with 50 or more full-time employees to [...]