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Stoel Rives LLP

Outbreak Period to Be Applied on a One-Year Rolling Basis

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In this legal update, our employee benefits attorneys cover three recent health and welfare plan developments....more

FordHarrison

2016 Cost of Living Increases are Rare

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On October 21, 2015, in Information Release 2015-118, the IRS announced cost-of-living adjustments to various dollar limitations under the Internal Revenue Code (the "Code") for pension plans and other related items for the...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Reminder: Amendments needed to reflect $2,500 limit on Health FSA contributions by year end

As mentioned in a prior Alert, beginning in 2013 employees’ salary reduction contributions to a health flexible spending account (health FSA) may not exceed $2,500 per plan year. This limit is to be indexed for inflation in...more

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

The IRS Says (Again) That Certain Employer Payment Plans Won’t Fly

The IRS recently issued two new Q&As to underscore that arrangements allowing employers to reimburse employees on a pre-tax basis for premiums used to purchase individual health coverage, either inside or outside of a public...more

King & Spalding

IRS Notice 2013-54 Guidance Clarifying Impact of Affordable Care Act on HRAs, Health FSAs, and Employer Payment Plans

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Notice 2013-54 (the "Notice") provides guidance clarifying the impact of certain market reform provisions of the Affordable Care Act ("ACA") on health reimbursement arrangements ("HRAs") and other group health plans under...more

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More Post-Windsor Guidance from the IRS Relating to Benefits for Same-Sex Spouses: Cafeteria Plan Changes, Flexible Spending...

Prior to the U.S. Supreme Court’s Windsor decision that repealed Section 3 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), same-sex spouses were not recognized as spouses for federal tax and benefits purposes. In the immediate...more

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