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- IRS and Treasury Officials Provide Unofficial Views on Imputing Income for Health Coverage and More
- From the September 24, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- The Joint Committee on Employee Benefits (JCEB) of the American Bar Association has reported on its May 2009 Q&A session with IRS and Treasury officials. Highlights include unofficial, nonbinding remarks about the following topics covered by our Cafeteria ...
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- Tax Court Rules That Amounts Paid for Prostitutes, Pornography, Sex Therapy Books, and Magazines Are Not Medical Care Expenses
- From the September 17, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- The issue in this case was whether a tax attorney could deduct as medical expenses on his federal income tax returns amounts paid for prostitutes, pornography, books and magazines on sex therapy, and videos. The attorney did not visit the ...
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- IRS Issues Final Regulations on Excise Tax Reporting and HSA Comparability
- From the September 10, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- The IRS has issued final regulations on the HSA comparability rules, and on reporting and paying excise taxes for failure to comply with comparability requirements or various group health plan mandates (including COBRA and HIPAA). There are few differences between ...
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- DOL Staff Members Provide Informal Views on SPDs/SMMs and Issues Under the Davis-Bacon And Service Contract Acts
- From the September 03, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- The Joint Committee on Employee Benefits (JCEB) of the American Bar Association has reported on its May 7, 2009 Q&A session with DOL staff members. Highlights include unofficial, nonbinding remarks about these welfare plan topics: (1) SPD requirements ...
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- Where can our health FSA participants use debit cards to pay for medical care expenses?
- From the August 20, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: Our company is thinking about implementing a debit card program for participants in our health FSA. I understand that IRS guidance restricts use of these cards to certain merchants. Where can our health FSA participants use debit cards to ...
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- IRS Discusses Whether Various Over-the-Counter (OTC) Items Are Medical Care Expenses
- From the August 06, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- This information letter responds to a request for guidance on whether certain over-the-counter (OTC) items qualify as medical care expenses that can be paid or reimbursed by a health FSA or an HRA. The letter explains that the ...
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- FTC Delays Enforcement of Red Flags Rule Until November and Issues FAQs Addressing Employee Benefit Plans
- From the July 30, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- The federal Red Flags Rule (Rule) requires certain businesses and organizations to implement written identity theft prevention programs that are designed to detect the warning signs (“red flags”) of identity theft in their day-to-day operations and ...
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- EEOC Staff Members Provide Informal Views on Health Risk Assessments, ADA, and Other Benefit-Related Issues
- From the July 16, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- The Joint Committee on Employee Benefits (JCEB) of the American Bar Association has reported on its May 6, 2009 Q&A session with EEOC staff members. The report includes the following informal, nonbinding remarks regarding health risk assessments, the ...
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- HSAs Are Subject to IRS Levy, and Levy Amount Generally Is Subject to 10% Excise Tax on Nonmedical Distributions
- From the July 16, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- The IRS’s Office of Chief Counsel recently issued a Chief Counsel Advisory (CCA) to an IRS area office attorney concluding that (1) an account holder’s interest in an HSA is subject to an IRS levy under ...
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- Can you explain how the Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) mandatory reporting requirements apply to our health FSA and HRA?
- From the July 07, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: Our company is subject to the Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) rules, including the MSP mandatory reporting requirements. We offer employees a health FSA and an HRA. Do the MSP reporting requirements apply to those plans? ANSWER: The MSP reporting ...
