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Compliance Alert: IRS Issues Affordability Percentage Adjustment for 2024

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released Rev. Proc. 2023-29, which contains the inflation adjusted amounts for 2024 used to determine whether employer-sponsored coverage is “affordable” for purposes of the Affordable...more

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Weekly IRS Roundup August 7 – August 11, 2023

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Check out our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of August 7, 2023 – August 11, 2023....more

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The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022: Takeaways for the Clean Energy Sector

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Inflation Reduction Act Overview - $740 billion package focused on inflation and deficit reduction, health care, and energy security & climate change - • Raises $737 billion in revenue through a new 15% corporate book...more

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Employers Will See Increased ACA Penalties in 2023

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Employers, take note: 2023 brings heftier IRS penalties for failure to comply with the ACA’s Employer Mandate. Under the ACA’s Employer Mandate, ALEs, or employers with 50 or more full-time and full-time equivalent...more

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Tax Court in Brief | Henry v. Comm’r | Affordable Care Act and Deficiency for Amounts of Advance Premium Tax Credits

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Summary: From early 2015 and through 2016 Marie Henry (“Henry”) was unemployed and in a terrible financial, physical, and mental state. To get by, she made early withdrawals from a retirement plan. She was enrolled in health...more

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IRS Issues Final Regulations Extending ACA Information Reporting Deadlines, Clarifies Additional ACA Issues

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On December 15, 2022, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) finalized regulations regarding Information Reporting of Health Insurance Coverage and Other Issues Under Internal Revenue Code (Code) Sections 5000A, 6055 and 6056...more

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Most Frequently Asked Questions Heading into the 2023 ACA Reporting Season

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We recently held a webinar regarding changes pertinent to the 2023 ACA reporting season. After receiving numerous questions from attendees during the event, we thought it best to compile them and share them for your reference...more

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ACA Penalty Letter 226J on The Rise

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The last several years have been difficult for the IRS, but now that the agency is almost through its historic backlog, it is making significant progress on a long list of to-do items, including issuing ACA penalties....more

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IRS Guidance Expands Access to ACA Premium Tax Credit, Allows Cafeteria Plan Sponsors to Permit Employees to Revoke Family...

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Final Regulations under Section 36B of the Internal Revenue Code - On October 11, 2022, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Final Regulations under Code Section 36B relating to eligibility for the Affordable Care...more

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Understanding ACA Affordability for 2023 Tax Year

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Since ACA reporting was first required by employers in 2015, the affordability component under the Employer Mandate was established each year by indexing the standard of 9.5%. This has always been the case, that is, until...more

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We Are Family – IRS Regulations Fix the “Family Glitch” in Connection with ACA Coverage

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One of the key remaining features of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is that certain employers must offer their employees medical coverage, or else pay a penalty. The details of that “employer shared responsibility payment”...more

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The employer’s role in fixing ‘family glitch’

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Just prior to the start of 2023 open enrollment season, the IRS finalized new rules that will now make it easier for some families to access premium tax credits (PTC) for health insurance purchased through an exchange...more

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Final Regulations Amend Eligibility for Premium Tax Credits

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The IRS recently issued final regulations on the use of Premium Tax Credits (PTCs), resolving the “family glitch” and extending PTC eligibility beyond individuals to family members.  As a result, individuals and their...more

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Fun for the Whole Family: More ACA Subsidies Apply

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On October 11, 2022, the US Department of Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued final regulations to modify how affordability under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is determined for an offer of...more

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Fixing the “Glitch” – The IRS Releases Final Rule Addressing the “Family Glitch”

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On Tuesday, October 11, Treasury and IRS issued final regulations amending the regulations under the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) regarding the affordability determination for an employee’s family members of employer-sponsored...more

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With Inflation Reduction Act Signed, Other Health Policy Issues Ahead for Congress

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Congress ended a busy work period after passing the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) last week. This Holland & Knight alert summarizes the healthcare provisions in the IRA and provides an outlook on health policy issues that may...more

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Compliance Alert: IRS Issues Affordability Percentage Adjustment for 2023

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released Rev. Proc. 2022-34, which contains the inflation- adjusted amounts for 2023 that are used to determine whether employer-sponsored coverage is “affordable” for purposes of the...more

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U.S. Senate Passes Inflation Reduction Act

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On August 7, after weeks of negotiations, the Senate voted 51-50 to pass a budget reconciliation package known as the Inflation Reduction Act (the “Bill”), introduced by Senators Joe Manchin (D‑WV) and Chuck Schumer (D‑NY) in...more

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Nelson Mullins Tax Report – Senate Passes Inflation Reduction Act

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On August 7, 2022, the Senate passed the budget reconciliation bill known as the Inflation Reduction Act. The legislation includes several key tax provisions, and addresses health insurance and prescription drug...more

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Window on Washington – Vol. 6, Issue 31

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Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. After a busy weekend voting on the reconciliation bill, the Senate is now in recess through Labor Day. The House, in recess since late July, returns this week on...more

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Beltway Buzz - August 2022

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Senate Scrambles Ahead of Summer Escape. While members of the U.S. House of Representatives returned home for the August congressional recess, the U.S. Senate remained in Washington, D.C., this week to wrap up some...more

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Treasury Proposes Rule to Fix Family Glitch for ACA Marketplace Coverage

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The Department of Treasury recently issued proposed regulations to alter the rules for how individuals can get a premium tax credit (PTC) to help pay for Marketplace health coverage starting in 2023. The new rules would base...more

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Do Employers Now Have to Offer Affordable Family Coverage?

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In furtherance of the Biden Administration’s January 28, 2021, Executive Order 14009 and April 5, 2022, Executive Order 14070 to protect and strengthen the ACA, the Treasury Department and IRS published a proposed rule on...more

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Bankruptcy and IRC Section 4980H

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The recent bankruptcy case of In re Creative Hairdressers, Inc. et al, Case Nos. 20-14583 and 20-14584 (jointly administered) (Bankr. D. Md., March 3, 2022) involved the intersection of IRC section 4980H‘s employer shared...more

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House Passes Build Back Better Act, Here’s What Employers Need to Know as It Goes to Senate

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The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Build Back Better Act (BBBA) (H.R. 5376) by a vote of 220–213. Supported by the Biden Administration and congressional Democrats, the controversial bill heads to the Senate for...more

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