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  1. IRS Updates Model HSA Trust and Custodial Account Forms
    From the February 02, 2012 EBIA Weekly
    The IRS has released updated versions of Forms 5305-B (“Health Savings Trust Account”) and 5305-C (“Health Savings Custodial Account”), the model agreements that HSA trustees and custodians, respectively, can use to allow individuals to ...
    [IRS Form 5305-B (Health Savings Trust Account) (Dec. 2011); IRS Form 5305-C (Health Savings Custodial Account) (Dec. 2011)]
  2. IRS Newsletter Highlights Leased Employee Compliance Project, Electronic Signatures, and More
    From the February 02, 2012 EBIA Weekly
    The IRS has addressed a variety of issues for employers and plan sponsors in the latest edition of Employee Plans News, including complying with leased employee rules, requesting copies of or corrections to determination letters, abandoning pre-approved plans, and ...
    [IRS Newsletter: Employee Plans News (Issue 2011-9, Dec. 20, 2011)]
  3. Can we destroy the paper records for our ERISA plans and retain our records in electronic form?
    From the February 02, 2012 EBIA Weekly
    QUESTION: Our company has run out of storage space for paper records, including those relating to our employee benefit plans. Can we retain these records solely in electronic form and destroy the paper records for our ERISA plans? ANSWER: The ...
  4. IRS Issues Updated Version of Taxable Fringe Benefit Guide
    From the February 02, 2012 EBIA Weekly
    The IRS has updated its Taxable Fringe Benefit Guide for federal, state, and local government employers. The Guide was created to provide those entities with a basic understanding of the federal tax and reporting rules on a wide variety of ...
    [Taxable Fringe Benefit Guide for Federal, State, and Local Governments (Jan. 2012)]
  5. IRS Addresses Effect of Indian Health Services Eligibility on HSA Eligibility
    From the February 02, 2012 EBIA Weekly
    The IRS has issued Notice 2012-14, explaining the effect of eligibility for medical services at an Indian Health Service (IHS) facility on an individual’s HSA eligibility. By way of background, IHS is the division of the Department ...
    [IRS Notice 2012-14 (Feb. 1, 2012)]
  6. DOL and IRS Issue Retirement Security Measures, Including Final Fiduciary-Level Fee Disclosure Regs and Proposed Guidance on Lifetime Income
    From the February 02, 2012 EBIA Weekly
    In a coordinated effort, the DOL and IRS have announced agency actions that are intended to enhance retirement security. The DOL has announced the release of final fiduciary-level fee disclosure regulations, with an extended effective date of July 1, ...
    [DOL Fact Sheet: Final Regulation Relating to Service Provider Disclosures Under Section 408(b)(2) (Feb. 2012); DOL News Release 11-1653-NAT (Feb. 2, 2012); Treasury Fact Sheet: Helping American Families Achieve Retirement Security by Expanding Lifetime Income Choices (Feb. 2012)]
  7. Can Moving Expense Reimbursements Be Treated as Nontaxable Before the Time Test Is Satisfied?
    From the January 26, 2012 EBIA Weekly
    QUESTION: Our company intends to reimburse certain new and transferring employees for their moving expenses. We understand that those reimbursements will be nontaxable only if, among other things, the employee works full-time at the new location for at least ...
  8. No Extended COBRA Coverage for Disabled Employee Terminated After Reduction of Hours
    From the January 26, 2012 EBIA Weekly
    In this dispute over how long a terminated employee’s COBRA coverage would continue, the employer argued that the employee was entitled to 18 months of COBRA beginning from his reduction of hours resulting from eye surgery followed by ...
    [Lorain v. Salesforce.com, 2011 WL 6329376 (N.D. Cal. 2011)]
  9. IRS Sets 2012 Maximums for Valuing an Employer-Provided Vehicle's Personal Use
    From the January 26, 2012 EBIA Weekly
    The IRS has set the maximum vehicle values that limit use of the cents-per-mile and fleet-average valuation rules for employer-provided vehicles first made available to employees for personal use in calendar year 2012. By way of ...
    [Rev. Proc. 2012-13, 2012-3 I.R.B. 295 (Jan. 17, 2012)]
  10. HHS Announcement Addresses Coverage of Contraceptive Services by Nonprofit Religious Employers
    From the January 26, 2012 EBIA Weekly
    Health care reform requires non-grandfathered group health plans to provide coverage for certain preventive services delivered by in-network providers without deductibles, co-payments, co-insurance, or other cost-sharing. Interim final regulations on coverage of preventive health services ...
    [HHS News Release (Jan. 20, 2012)]

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