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Pay or Play Tax Penalties Delays

King & Spalding

Large Employer Reporting Requirements and Penalties Mandated by Affordable Care Act Delayed One Year

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The Treasury Department announced on Tuesday, July 2, 2013, that reporting requirements and penalties imposed on large employers under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would be delayed one year, until January 1, 2015. ...more

Cranfill Sumner LLP

What the Obamacare Delay Means Right Now

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On July 2, 2013, the Department of the Treasury and the White House announced via social media that the employer reporting requirements and employer shared responsibility/play-or-pay penalty are being delayed until 2015. ...more

BakerHostetler

Stay Tuned! Employer Mandate Reporting Requirements and Enforcement Delayed; Silence on the Individual Mandate and Exchanges

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On July 2, 2013, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced in its Treasury Notes blog that the Employer Mandate tax payment provisions and reporting requirements under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are being delayed from...more

Miller & Martin PLLC

Employers Given One-Year Extension on ACA Health Coverage

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The Obama administration has announced that it will provide an additional year - until 2015 - before the Affordable Care Act (ACA) mandatory employer and insurer reporting requirements begin. ...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Obama Administration Delays ACA's Employer-Coverage Mandate Until 2015

The Obama Administration announced on Tuesday that it is delaying implementing a key component of the Affordable Care Act for a year following complaints from the private sector about reporting requirements. The so-called...more

Baker Donelson

Key Affordable Care Act Deadline for Employers Extended by One Year

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Yesterday, the Obama administration announced that it will allow employers until 2015 before they must either provide health care coverage to employees or pay penalties under the Affordable Care Act (ACA)....more

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits...

Obama Administration Announces a One-Year Delay in the Enforcement of the Affordable Care Act's Employer Shared Responsibility...

In a surprise announcement posted Tuesday to the White’s House website, the Obama Administration announced a one-year delay (to January 1, 2105) in the enforcement of the employer shared responsibility rules enacted into law...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Play or Pay Rules—Compliance Delayed Until 2015

On July 2, 2013, the Obama administration announced through the U.S. Department of the Treasury that the penalties for employers under the “Play or Pay Rules” will not go into effect until 2015....more

Stinson - Benefits Notes Blog

The White House Blog: Employer Mandate Under The Affordable Care Act Delayed For One Year

On July 2 the White House announced that it is delaying the enforcement of the employer mandate that it provide health care coverage to employees or pay a penalty (the “play or pay” provisions) until 2015....more

Pierce Atwood LLP

Obama Administration Delays ACA Employer Mandate Until 2015

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In a major development in the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Obama administration announced on Tuesday that it will delay implementation of the “employer mandate” feature of the law....more

Sands Anderson PC

ACA Update: Employer Penalties Delayed

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Late Tuesday afternoon, July 2, the White House announced a major delay in the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. The employer penalties for not offering affordable health care coverage to full-time employees are...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Legal Alert: PPACA Update: Employer Penalties Delayed

On July 2, 2013, the Obama administration announced that it will delay enforcement of the employer shared responsibility penalties under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) until 2015. The one-year...more

Stoel Rives LLP

Health Care Law Alert: Employer Pay-or-Play Rules Under ACA Pushed Back to 2015

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The effective date for imposing employer pay-or-play penalties (also known "shared responsibility payments") will be delayed by the IRS until 2015, according to an announcement made on a blog Tuesday by Mark Mazur, Assistant...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

White House Delays Implementation of Employer Coverage Mandate of ACA

On Tuesday, July 2, 2013, the U.S. Department of Treasury announced that it will provide an additional year before the mandatory employer and insurer reporting requirements of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) begin. ...more

Dickinson Wright

Obama Administration Delays Until 2015 Large Employer Shared Responsibility Requirements, Reporting And Tax Penalties

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On July 2, 2013, the Department of Treasury announced a one-year delay in the employer shared responsibility mandate under the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) and related information reporting. Complexity Leads to Delayed...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Spilman Alert: ACA "Pay-or-Play" Mandate Delayed

Enforcement of the Affordable Care Act's "Pay-or-Play" mandate is being delayed one year, to 2015, according to the United States Treasury Department. The mandate requires businesses to provide health insurance to all...more

McAfee & Taft

ALERT: BIG NEWS in Employee Benefits: Obama Administration Delays Employer Mandate Until 2015

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In perhaps the biggest healthcare reform news of the year, the Obama administration announced late Tuesday that it is delaying the so-called “play or pay” mandate for one year until 2015. ...more

Fisher Phillips

Healthcare Employer "Play or Pay" Mandate Penalties Delayed to 2015

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On July 2, 2013, the U.S. Treasury Department issued a statement that enforcement of the employer “play or pay” mandate penalties under the Internal Revenue Code – and therefore the coverage obligations to avoid such...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Affordable Care Act: Implementation of Reporting Requirements and Penalties Delayed One Year

The Department of Treasury announced on July 2 that it will provide transition relief of one additional year for the mandatory employer and insurer reporting requirements under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act...more

Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive...

PPACA Penalties Delayed One Year

The Obama Administration announced on Tuesday that it intends to delay for one year the effective date of the employer “play or pay” penalties under health care reform, which were set to become effective in 2014....more

Morgan Lewis

Affordable Care Act Shared Responsibility Penalty Delayed Until 2015

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Employers welcome a one-year delay in the Shared Responsibility excise tax. On July 2, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) made a surprise announcement—in an unusual place—that implementation of the employer...more

Perkins Coie

Play-Or-Pay Tax Penalties Under Affordable Care Act Will Not Apply Until 2015, Treasury Department Announces

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced today that after hearing and considering the concerns of employers about the complexity of compliance with the Play-or-Pay requirements under the Affordable Care Act, it is...more

Troutman Pepper

ACA Update: Employer Mandate To Be Postponed Until 2015

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The Obama administration announced on July 2 that it will provide an additional year before employers are required to comply with the employer mandate of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). ...more

Dechert LLP

Employer “Mandate” Under the Affordable Care Act Delayed Until 2015

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The U.S. Treasury Department announced on July 2, 2013 that the employer shared-responsibility payments (commonly referred to as the “employer mandate” or the “employer penalties”) under the Patient Protection and Affordable...more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

PPACA Update: Employer Shared Responsibility Mandate Delayed Until 2015

Many employers received a welcome, though temporary, reprieve Tuesday, when the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Department”) announced a one-year delay in the effective date of one of the key requirements of the Patient...more

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