3 minute read: Earlier this month, New Jersey signed into law a state version of an Affordable Care Act provision, the Health Insurance Assessment (HIA) program. New Jersey is the …
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2 minute read: In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has instituted a number of important adjustments to employee benefits plan compliance rules. Recently, the …
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2 minute read: Now that it is 2020, several state-wide Individual Mandates have gone into effect, including California’s. As of January 1, California residents, including domestic partners and their dependents, …
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Affordable Care Act
What to Expect from California’s Individual Mandate
by Robert Sheenby Robert Sheen2 minute read: The new year is almost upon us and a number of states including California will have their statewide Individual Mandate take effect. Come January 1, 2020 employers …
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3 minute read: In 2020, the affordability threshold will decrease. What that means is that employers will need to contribute more to their employee’s health coverage in order to fall …
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Affordable Care ActHealth Care Coverage
Three More States Decide to Expand Medicaid Under the ACA
by Robert Sheenby Robert Sheen3 minute read: Utah, Nebraska, and Idaho will join 33 states and the District of Columbia in expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. The expansion will take place under …
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Affordable Care ActHealth Care Coverage
California Passes New State-Wide Healthcare Individual Mandate
by Robert Sheenby Robert Sheen5 minute read: In early January, I wrote a blog post titled, “Will 2019 Be the Year for Statewide Individual Health Insurance Mandates?” More and more, it is appearing that …
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ACA ReportingAffordable Care ActIRS 226J/226-J
Avoid These ACA Filing Errors to Prevent Getting IRS Letter 226J Year After Year
by Robert Sheenby Robert Sheen5 minute read: They say insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting different results. We’ve seen many employers repeatedly make the same mistakes in their annual ACA …
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ACA ComplianceACA ReportingIRS 226J/226-J
These Errors Greatly Determine Your Penalty Assessment in IRS Letter 226J
by Robert Sheenby Robert Sheen3 minute read: The issuance of Letter 226J for IRS information filings submitted for the 2015 tax year has caught many organizations off guard. More than 30,000 notices have been …