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- 2008 Version of Form 8889 Released for Use by HSA Account Holders
- From the January 08, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- The IRS has released the 2008 versions of Form 8889 (Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)) and its Instructions. HSA account holders (and beneficiaries of deceased account holders) must attach Form 8889 to their Form 1040s to report HSA activity. Reportable items ...
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- Worker, Retiree, and Employer Recovery Act of 2008 Waives RMDs for 2009 and Includes Anticipated PPA Technical Corrections
- From the December 23, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- On December 23, 2008, the President signed into law the Worker, Retiree, and Employer Recovery Act of 2008 (the Recovery Act). The Recovery Act waives required minimum distributions (RMDs) for 2009 and includes technical corrections to the Pension Protection Act ...
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- IRS Releases 2009 Version of Publication 15-B (Employer's Tax Guide to Fringe Benefits)
- From the December 23, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- The IRS has released the 2009 version of Publication 15-B (Employer’s Tax Guide to Fringe Benefits), which contains information for employers on the employment tax treatment of various fringe benefits, including accident and health coverage, adoption assistance, ...
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- IRS Issues 2008 Version of Publication 502 (Medical and Dental Expenses)
- From the December 18, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- The IRS has released the new version of Publication 502 (Pub. 502), which describes what medical expenses are deductible by taxpayers on their 2008 federal income tax returns. (Under Code Section 213(a), a taxpayer may claim a deduction for ...
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- IRS Addresses Timing of Employer's Deduction for Benefit Payments Under Self-Insured Medical Plans
- From the December 18, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- The IRS has released a Technical Advice Memorandum (TAM) that addresses the timing of an employer’s tax deduction for self-insured medical plan payments to providers that are made more than 2-1/2 months after the end ...
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- Nondependent Domestic Partner's Health Benefits Are Tax-Free If Retiree Was Taxed on Value of Partner's Coverage
- From the December 11, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- In this private letter ruling, the IRS analyzed the tax treatment of health benefits provided for the domestic partners of retired union members who did not qualify as tax dependents. Benefits were paid under a trust that funded a collectively ...
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- IRS Provides Transition Relief for the Use of Health FSA and HRA Debit Cards at Drug Stores and Pharmacies
- From the December 04, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- IRS Notice 2007-2 imposed restrictions, scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2009, on the use of health FSA and HRA debit cards at stores with the Drug Stores and Pharmacies merchant category code (MCC). (See our article at ...
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- Three-Cent Decrease in 2009 Mileage Rate for Transportation to Obtain Medical Care or as Part of Deductible Moving Expenses
- From the November 26, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- The IRS has announced that the standard mileage rate for use of an automobile to obtain medical care (which may be deductible under Code Section 213 if it is primarily for, and essential to, medical care) will be 24 cents ...
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- HHS's OCR Representatives Provide Informal Views on HIPAA Privacy Issues
- From the November 20, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- The Joint Committee on Employee Benefits (JCEB) of the American Bar Association has reported on its May 6, 2008 question-and-answer session with officials from the HHS’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR). The report includes the following ...
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- IRS Explains That Certain Legal Fees and Mileage Qualify as Medical Care Expenses, but Infant Formula Does Not
- From the October 23, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- The IRS has issued two information letters about medical care expenses. The first letter responds to a taxpayer who asked whether legal fees and mileage expenses to establish a guardianship for her husband (who has Alzheimer’s disease) could ...
