Employer Shared Responsibility (Employer Mandate) Plan Years 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 Affordability Safe Harbor Percentage 9.78% 9.86% 9.56% 9.69% 9.66% 9.56% 9.50% Employer Mandate Penalties – Calendar Year Penalties 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 Tier One: Failure to offer coverage or to offer to 95% of employees (70% for 2015) […]
Read More...Employer Shared Responsibility (Employer Mandate) Plan Years 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 Affordability Safe Harbor Percentage 9.86% 9.56% 9.69% 9.66% 9.56% 9.50% Employer Mandate Penalties – Calendar Year Penalties 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 Tier One: Failure to offer coverage or to offer to 95% of employees (70% for 2015) $2,500 $2,320 $2,260 […]
Read More...As we reported in our 2nd Quarter Newsletter, the IRS has indicated it would notify applicable large employers (ALEs) in 2017 of their potential penalties for failing to comply with the employer shared responsibility mandate, for the 2015 calendar year. With the numerous attempts this year to repeal or replace the ACA, ALEs may have […]
Read More...In Revenue Procedure 2017-36, the IRS announced that for plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2018, employer-sponsored health plan coverage will be considered affordable if the employee’s required contribution for self-only coverage does not exceed 9.56% of the employee’s household income for the year (down from 9.69% for 2017). This percentage is considered […]
Read More...On May 4, 2017, the House of Representatives narrowly passed the American Health Care Act (AHCA) by a vote of 217 to 213. This was a big step for House Republicans in fulfilling President Trump’s campaign promise to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The bill must also pass in the Senate for it to […]
Read More...It’s been over a week since the election results came in and since then, you have likely been inundated with emails, seen many television interviews, and heard other news sources espousing predictions of what is on the horizon for employee benefit plans, and specifically, the future of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”). Indeed, the Trump […]
Read More...Deadline is Tuesday, November 15, 2016: Your self-funded health plan must submit your enrollment count and schedule your payments for the 2016 plan year. What is it? The Reinsurance Assessment is a fee applicable to insured and self-funded major medical plans for calendar years 2014 through 2016. It will primarily be used to help cover […]
Read More...Please see our Compliance Alert about the need to timely appeal subsidy notices. If your employees incorrectly tell a federal or state exchange that you didn’t offer them coverage, or that your coverage wasn’t creditable or wasn’t affordable, then there’s a good chance that you will face a fine. You need to appeal these subsidy […]
Read More...If you want to see 10 pages of health reform in a 1 page timeline (well, 1 page for Employer and 1 page for Employees) then please visit our website (www.apbenefitadvisors.com/news). But, if you are looking for details specific to just a certain year or plan, then you can’t do better than this implementation timeline […]
Read More...The Departments (DOL, HHS, and IRS) have jointly issued a single FAQ confirming that group health plan administrators may include in their COBRA election notices information about Exchange coverage that goes beyond the information included in the DOL’s model notice. As you may recall, the DOL revised its model election notice in 2013 and again […]
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