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Poyner Spruill LLP

Cafeteria Plan Check-In: Claims Substantiation

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A recent memorandum from the IRS Office of Chief Counsel serves as a helpful reminder to check in on cafeteria plan administration and ensure all processes—including claims substantiation for medical expenses and dependent...more

Groom Law Group, Chartered

IRS Explains FSA Substantiation Rules

On April 28, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) Office of Chief Counsel issued a Chief Counsel Advice (“CCA”) explaining the requirements for claim substantiation for health and dependent care flexible spending...more

McAfee & Taft

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

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

Stinson LLP

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

Carlton Fields

COVID-19-Related Guidance Allows Employees to Revise 2020 Health Insurance Elections

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Carlton Fields tax attorney Lowell Walters discusses IRS Notice 2020-29, which permits 2020 cafeteria plan election changes, and what it means for group health plan sponsors with employees affected by COVID-19....more

Williams Mullen

PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - COVID-19 Edition; New Opportunities for Health Flexible Spending Arrangements and...

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On the latest episode of Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion, host Brydon DeWitt discusses new opportunities that the IRS and COVID-19 legislative relief have created for health flexible spending and cafeteria plans....more

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Spurred by COVID-19 Emergency, IRS Issues Cafeteria Plan Relief

Relief from the strict employee benefit cafeteria plan mid-year election changes rules has finally arrived. In Notice 2020-29, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued guidance providing cafeteria plan participants with...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

IRS Issues Welcome Guidance on Mid-Year Cafeteria Plan Election Changes and Other Health & Welfare Matters

On May 12, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2020-29 (the Notice), an important piece of guidance for employers that sponsor health & welfare plans. The Notice provides much-needed flexibility for...more

Miller Canfield

Employer Action Required to Take Advantage of Guidance for Cafeteria Plans

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The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) has issued two important notices allowing employer-plan sponsors to amend their §125 cafeteria plans to provide employees with increased flexibility for elected benefits and account...more

Holland & Knight LLP

IRS Offers Greater Flexibility for Section 125 Cafeteria Plans in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2020-29 and Notice 2020-33 on May 12, 2020, to provide relief from the COVID-19 pandemic (COVID-19) for taxpayers participating in Section 125 cafeteria plans. The provisions...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

COVID-19 relief for health plans and participants: Employers and employees get mid-year break on cafeteria plan changes and COBRA...

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The IRS recently issued Notice 2020-29, allowing §125 cafeteria plans and high-deductible health plan (HDHP) changes during the remainder of 2020....more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

IRS Provides Increased Flexibility in Section 125 Cafeteria Plans

IRS guidance, Notice 2020-29 and 2020-33, issued on May 12, 2020 addresses unanticipated changes in health and dependent care expenses because of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic by  providing for increased...more

Verrill

IRS Relaxes Rules for Cafeteria Plans and Clarifies Relief for High Deductible Health Plans

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In response to the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19), earlier this week the IRS issued two notices allowing certain changes to cafeteria plans. Notice 2020-33 increases the limit on unused amounts remaining at the...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

IRS Provides Flexibility for Employer-Sponsored Health Plans and FSAs in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued new guidance, Notice 2020-29, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, providing for temporary flexibility with respect to mid-year elections made during 2020 under Code section 125...more

Cozen O'Connor

IRS Allows Greater Cafeteria Plan Flexibility During COVID-19 Crisis

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As a result of the COVID-19 crisis, the IRS has just issued IRS Notice 2020-29 (the notice), which permits (but does not require) employers to provide flexibility to employees to change their elections under cafeteria plans...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

IRS Issues Guidance on Cafeteria Plan Elections and Other Changes Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

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On May 12, 2020, the IRS issued two notices affecting employee elections under Code Section 125 cafeteria plans. The COVID-19 pandemic and large-scale "stay at home" orders left many employers facing questions relating to...more

Dentons

FSA and Health Insurance Mid-Year Changes Allowed

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Earlier this week, the IRS released new guidance allowing certain mid-year election change events under an employer’s cafeteria plan in calendar year 2020 for group health plan coverage, health flexible spending accounts, and...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Different Strokes For Different Folks: The Feasibility Of Implementing Different Benefits Plans For Different Categories Of...

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Employers who are interested in designing different benefits packages for different categories of employees must comply with both the Internal Revenue Code and the Affordable Care Act. ...more

King & Spalding

New ACA Guidance Warrants Another "Checkup" of Employer Health Plans

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On December 16, 2015, the IRS issued Notice 2015-87 (the "Notice"), which provides "question-and-answer" guidance regarding how various Affordable Care Act (the "ACA") provisions apply to employer-provided group health plans....more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Don’t Forget to Amend Cafeteria Plan for New Permitted Election Change Events

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In 2014, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) expanded the events that would allow employees to drop their health plan coverage under their employer’s cafeteria plan. As a reminder, the general rule is that once an employee...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

IRS Allows Cafeteria Plan Election Changes to Coordinate With ACA Exchanges

New IRS guidance adds two more events that allow participants to change their cafeteria plan elections outside of the annual open enrollment period. These events are designed to coordinate with the employer coverage rules and...more

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IRS Increases Maximum Employee Contribution to Health Care FSAs for 2015

The IRS announced yesterday that the maximum annual employee contribution to a health care flexible spending account plan is increasing by $50 to $2,550 for 2015 (up from the $2,500 limit that has applied since 2013)....more

McDermott Will & Emery

New Cafeteria Plan Change in Status Options

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In Notice 2014-55, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced two new situations in which employees may change their health plan elections midyear under their employer’s cafeteria plan. In the first, an employee’s hours...more

Snell & Wilmer

When Did You Last Amend Your Section 125 Cafeteria or Flexible Benefit Plan? Now May Be A Good Time to Dust It Off and Update It

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Section 125 Plans, which are commonly referred to as either cafeteria plans or flexible benefit plans, are much loved, and needed, if you want to allow employees to pay health insurance and other premiums on a pre-tax basis....more

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