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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 ...
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- 2009 Cost-of-Living Adjustments for Transportation Benefits, Adoption Assistance, and More
- From the October 16, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- The IRS has released the 2009 cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) for a wide variety of tax benefit limits, including qualified transportation fringe benefit limits, adoption assistance limits, various limits relevant to dependent care assistance programs (DCAPs), and limits for ...
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- Adoptions Act Narrows the Definition of Qualifying Child Under Code Section 152
- From the October 09, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- President Bush has signed into law legislation that includes a provision limiting who can be considered a “qualifying child” under the definition of dependent in Code Section 152. (Under Code Section 152, a person is considered a dependent ...
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- CMS Provides Additional MSP Mandatory Reporting Guidance on Website
- From the September 25, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- Beginning January 1, 2009, insurers or TPAs of group health plans (and plan administrators or fiduciaries of self-insured and self-administered group health plans) will be required to gather and report information from plan sponsors and plan participants to ...
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- 2008-2009 Priority Guidance Plan Includes Guidance for Cafeteria and Health Plans
- From the September 25, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- The Department of the Treasury and the IRS have issued their 2008-2009 Priority Guidance Plan, which lists regulations and other guidance that are under development. This year’s plan includes several significant items affecting cafeteria and health plans, ...
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- Treasury and Small Business Administration Launch New HSA Website for Small Businesses and Their Employees
- From the September 18, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- The Treasury Department and the federal Small Business Administration (SBA) have announced a new SBA website that provides small business owners and their employees with information about health savings accounts (HSAs). And the White House has simultaneously issued a fact ...
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- EEOC Staff Members Provide Informal Views on Benefit-Related Issues
- From the September 11, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- The Joint Committee on Employee Benefits (JCEB) of the American Bar Association has posted a report on the May 8, 2008 Q&A session between JCEB representatives and EEOC staff members. Highlights include the following informal, nonbinding remarks about ...
