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Roetzel & Andress

Legislation Repeals Three Health-Related Excise Taxes Imposed By The Affordable Care Act

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Legislation enacted by Congress has repealed three excise taxes that had been previously imposed by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the “Affordable Care Act”). Congress recently enacted the Taxpayer Certainty...more

Snell & Wilmer

Congress Giveth and They Taketh Away — Recent Health Plan Changes

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In enacting the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, (the “Act”), Congress, among other changes, enacted the following key changes affecting employer group health plans...more

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Group Health Plans: What Employers Need to Know About Year-End Federal Legislation

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The year-end federal spending bill, the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (“FCAA”), was signed into law on December 20, 2019. Although the media spotlight has focused primarily on provisions affecting retirement...more

McAfee & Taft

Repeal of Cadillac Tax, increase of RMD age included in end-of-year federal spending bill

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Last Friday night, President Trump signed into law a year-end $1.4 trillion spending bill that will fund the government through September 30, 2020. Included in the bill were a number of provisions that impact...more

Holland & Hart - The Benefits Dial

A Little Less Conversation, a Little More Action: Major Retirement Plan Legislation Is Finally Signed Into Law

After being on the verge of enactment last spring but failing to pass, the SECURE Act will become law after all. Congress included the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (H.R. 1994) (the SECURE...more

Snell & Wilmer

Congress Kicks the Can Down the Road Again – Cadillac Tax On High Cost Employer Health Coverage Delayed to 2022

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Section 4980I, which was added to the Internal Revenue Code by the Affordable Care Act, was originally supposed to take effect in 2018. This tax is commonly called the “Cadillac tax” because it imposes a 40% excise tax on...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Pump the brakes: Funding bill delays Cadillac Tax and certain health-related taxes

The stopgap government funding bill passed by Congress on January 22 included a two-year delay of the Affordable Care Act’s excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage, commonly referred to as the “Cadillac...more

Burr & Forman

2018 Budget Deal Delays Several Affordable Care Act Taxes and Fees

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On January 22, 2018, President Trump signed into law H.R. 195 (hereinafter referred to as the “2018 Budget Deal”) which ended the federal government shutdown and funds the federal government through February 8, 2018. In...more

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Congress Delays the “Cadillac Tax” and Other ACA-Related Taxes and Fees

On January 22, 2018 Congress passed (and the President signed) the Federal Register Printing Savings Act (the “Act”), which temporarily (until February 8, 2018) continued funding federal government activity and appropriates...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Post-Inauguration Outlook: ACA, Fiduciary Rule and Retirement-Related Tax Provisions

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President Donald Trump took the oath of office on Jan. 20, 2017, officially ushering in Republican control of the executive and legislative branches of government. With Republican control of both houses of Congress, and a new...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Cadillac Tax: A Levy in Limbo

The future of the Cadillac tax, a key cost-control mechanism and federal revenue source enacted as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), is unclear. Though initially set to take effect in 2018,...more

King & Spalding

Compensation and Benefits Insights – September 2015

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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“ACA”)’s 40% excise tax on high-cost employer-sponsored health coverage (commonly known as the “Cadillac tax”) is slated to take effect in 2018. The IRS has issued several...more

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Further Guidance on the ACA’s Cadillac Tax

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The Affordable Care Act (ACA) added Code Section 4980I to the Internal Revenue Code. Effective for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2018, an excise tax of 40 percent will be imposed on the cost of employer-sponsored...more

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The ERISA Litigation Newsletter - September 2015

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Editor's Overview - It has been a little more than one year since the U.S. Supreme Court altered the legal landscape for litigating ERISA breach of fiduciary duty claims relating to the investment in employer stock...more

Alston & Bird

The (Poorly Named) “Cadillac Tax” Part Two: IRS Provides Further Guidance in Notice 2015-52

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The so-called “Cadillac Tax” (Internal Revenue Code Section 4980I) applies starting in 2018 and was intended to provide a means to address what were perceived as overly rich employer-provided health benefit plan designs, as...more

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IRS Traded in Your Chevy for a “Cadillac (ac-ac-ac-ac-ac) Tax”: Agency Issues First Guidance on the Implementation Code Section...

On February 23, 2015, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued the first piece of guidance that discusses the excise tax, better known as the “Cadillac Tax,” imposed by Section 4980I of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as...more

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IRS Releases Preliminary Guidance on “Cadillac Plan” Tax under ACA

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The IRS released Notice 2015-16, which represents the first piece of guidance issued by a regulatory agency on the excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage, colloquially known as the “Cadillac plan” tax. The...more

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