Updated 10/23/2023 Do you print and mail your ACA 1095-Cs to the IRS? Or do you file them electronically? Be aware: the requirements for who can print and mail forms to the IRS rather than filing electronically (e-filing) have changed. A new IRS proposed rule sought to phase out the paper-filing option by 2023, leaving it intact for [...]
The Affordable Care Act was passed on March 23, 2010 and employer compliance requirements began in the 2015 tax year, yet many employers have yet to comply. Are you one of those employers with your head in the sand? Many employers have been, and continue to be in denial that the IRS will enforce [...]
Updated 10/23/2023 The end of the year is rolling around and you know what that means … ACA filing season on top of your normal year-end duties. But this does not need to be as stressful as you think – after all, it's the holidays, you deserve to be happy! As a reminder, the [...]
Updated September 15, 2020 After a tumultuous midterm election season, the results are in. Healthcare (mainly protections around pre-existing conditions) seem to have been a top issue among many voters this election, and the results seem to speak to the ACA’s growing popularity in recent years, strengthening the position of the Affordable Care Act: [...]
Updated 12/4/2018 IRS has extended 1095-C deadline and Good Faith Effort relief. Read more here. Historically, the IRS has provided relief to US employers with regards to ACA compliance by: Allowing a “good-faith effort” as it relates to ACA Form 1095-C provided to employees and the IRS. Extending the filing deadline for providing forms to [...]
Updated 10/23/2023 Despite all the efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), employers should know that the ACA employer mandate remains in full force, and will likely remain so for a while. A key component of that employer mandate is offering affordable healthcare coverage to eligible full-time employees. Affordable Healthcare Coverage Defined Under [...]
The mandated IRS requirements are met through the Integrity Data ACA Solution for any ALE (Applicable Large Employer) that meets the 50 employee threshold. An ALE is, for a particular calendar year, any single employer, or group of employers treated as an Aggregated ALE Group, that employed an average of at least 50 full-time [...]
Keeping up with the many rules and regulations of the ACA can be challenging for any employer. It can get particularly challenging to understand COBRA rights and how to properly report a continuation of coverage on Form 1095-C. We will discuss a few of the more confusing COBRA scenarios and how they should be [...]
Over the past few years, our ACA Compliance team has received many questions around ACA compliance and most of the time, we are able to answer them quickly based on clear guidance given by the IRS, legislative information and/or court rulings. However, there have been questions that are harder to answer, for example: “How [...]
Updated December 10, 2020 There has been much to do around the Affordable Care Act: from passing the law under President Obama, to trying to repeal the law under President Trump. This has left many people confused as to where we are at now – what is the current status of the ACA? The [...]