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Benefits Alert - November 2023

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The IRS and Social Security Administration have announced cost-of-living increases for retirement plans and other employee benefit plans for 2024....more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Flexible Spending Accounts: Require Substantiation or Risk Disqualification

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On April 28, 2023, the IRS Office of Chief Counsel issued Chief Counsel Advice Memorandum 202317020 (CCA Memo), with an important reminder to employers who provide health and dependent care flexible spending arrangements...more

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IRS Issues Reminder That Claims Under Health and Dependent Care FSAS Must Be Substantiated

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In a recently issued Chief Counsel Advice memorandum, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) reminded sponsors of health and dependent care flexible spending arrangements (FSAs) of their obligation to properly substantiate claims...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

UPDATED: Changes to a Family Member’s Exchange Subsidy Eligibility

Under Internal Revenue Code (Code) Section 36B, individuals are eligible for an exchange subsidy (or premium tax credit) if their employer has not offered them affordable coverage that provides minimum value. The IRS recently...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

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Changes to a Family Member’s Exchange Subsidy Eligibility

Under Internal Revenue Code (Code) Section 36B, individuals are eligible for an exchange subsidy (or premium tax credit) if their employer has not offered them affordable coverage that provides minimum value. The IRS recently...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

IRS Answers Questions on Taxation of DCAPs and COVID-19 Relief

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has published Notice 2021-26 to provide answers regarding the taxability of benefits received in 2021 and 2022 under a dependent care assistance program (DCAP) that permits carryovers or...more

Holland & Hart - The Benefits Dial

Nobody Puts Baby In the Corner . . . And the IRS Agrees, Providing Guidance on the Taxability of Dependent Care Assistance...

Yesterday the IRS released Notice 2021-26, which clarifies that if eligible dependent care benefits would have been excluded from income if used during either the prior tax year (2020 or 2021), these benefits remain...more

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IRS Guidance on CAA Coronavirus Relief for FSAs, DCAPs and Cafeteria Plans

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On February 18, 2021, the IRS issued Notice 2021-15, clarifying temporary special rules for cafeteria plans, health flexible spending accounts (FSAs) and dependent care assistance programs (DCAPs) that were included in the...more

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More Participant-Friendly Guidance from IRS in Light of COVID – This Time, It’s Cafeteria Plans

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On May 12, 2020, the IRS issued Notice 2020-29, which adds flexibility to the rules governing cafeteria plans under Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code. As with other benefits-related guidance issued in connection with...more

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New Opportunities for Health Flexible Spending Arrangements and Cafeteria Plans

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In response to the COVID-19 crisis, Congress and the IRS have provided more flexibility and expanded opportunities for employees to utilize health flexible spending arrangements and to adjust cafeteria plan elections. ...more

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IRS Notices Provide COVID-19 Relief Covering Section 125 Cafeteria Plans and Flexible Spending Account Benefit Plans

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Many employers have sought to leverage or make changes to their employer-sponsored benefits to address economic and health-related burdens faced by their employees during the COVID-19 pandemic. Until now, however, employers...more

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IRS Increases the Health FSA Carryover Limit and Addresses Premium Reimbursement under ICHRAs

On May 12, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2020-33 (the Notice), which increases the maximum health flexible spending account (FSA) carryover limit. The Notice also addresses a gap in existing guidance...more

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IRS Issues Relaxed Cafeteria Plan Rules

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In response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, on May 12, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Code Section 125 (cafeteria plan) guidance (see IRS Notice 2020-29 and Notice 2020-33) that allows employers to...more

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Annual Limits on Qualified Plans for 2020

On November 6, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Notice 2019-59, which sets forth the 2020 cost-of-living adjustments affecting dollar limits on benefits and contributions for qualified retirement plans. The...more

Burr & Forman

Tax Reform Proposal Nixes Favorable Tax Treatment of Several Employee Benefits

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On November 3, 2017, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Brody began the legislative consideration of Tax Reform by releasing an amendment (in the nature of a substitute) to the Tax Reform and Jobs Act (H.R. 1 hereinafter...more

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New York City Transit Benefit Requirement Fast Approaching

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As most New York City employers know by now, beginning January 1, 2016, the New York Mass Transit Benefits Law (the "ordinance") requires employers with twenty or more full-time employees working in New York City to offer...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Year-End Action Item: Section 125 Cafeteria Plan Amendments

Employers that permit employees to pay for certain benefits, such as health coverage, on a pre-tax basis under an Internal Revenue Code Section 125 plan (also known as a “cafeteria plan”) may be required to make the following...more

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