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- DOL Releases Statistics on ERISA Benefit Plan Enforcement, Including COBRA Subsidy Statistics, for Fiscal Year 2009
- From the March 04, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- The DOL’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), the agency that enforces Title I of ERISA, has released a Fact Sheet reflecting its fiscal year (FY) 2009 enforcement statistics. According to the Fact Sheet, the DOL’s total ...
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- Legislation Extends COBRA Premium Subsidy Program One Month and Makes Subsidy Available for Certain Reductions of Hours
- From the March 04, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- Congress has passed, and the President has signed, the Temporary Extension Act of 2010 (Extension Act) which again extends and makes other changes to the COBRA premium subsidy program created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). (...
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- DOL Posts Updated Application and Instructions for Expedited Review of Denial of COBRA Subsidy
- From the February 18, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- The DOL has posted on its website an updated application and instructions to be used by individuals to request that the DOL review a denial of a COBRA premium subsidy. The COBRA premium subsidy, which was originally created by the ...
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- IRS Issues New Form 8928 on Excise Taxes for Failures to Comply With HSA Comparability, COBRA, HIPAA, and Other Group Health Plan Mandates
- From the February 04, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- The IRS has released the final version of Form 8928, a new reporting form provided for in IRS excise tax regulations finalized in September 2009. (See our Checkpoint Newsstand article.) Here are some highlights: Violations Triggering Excise Taxes. The Instructions ...
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- IRS Explains How ARRA Premium Subsidy Affects Deductibility of COBRA Premiums
- From the January 28, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- This information letter responds to an inquiry about the deductibility of COBRA premiums. The letter explains that an individual may deduct medical expenses paid for qualified medical care, to the extent that these expenses exceed 7.5% of the individual&#...
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- DOL Posts COBRA Premium Subsidy Extension Webcast, Providing New Information on Coverage Changed at Open Enrollment and More
- From the January 28, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- The DOL has posted on its website an archived copy of its January 22, 2010 compliance assistance webcast on the COBRA premium subsidy as extended by the Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 2010 (2010 DoD Act). By way of ...
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- IRS Clarifies Treatment of COBRA Subsidy Premiums Received in January for December Coverage
- From the January 21, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- In Q&A RD-6, the IRS has addressed a question about the timing for an employer’s tax credit relating to a reduced COBRA premium payment received by an employer in January 2010 for December 2009 coverage. ...
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- DOL Posts Revised Fact Sheet, Revised Model Notices, and New FAQs on the Cobra Premium Subsidy Extension
- From the January 14, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- Additional DOL guidance has been issued regarding the COBRA premium subsidy rules, including (1) a revised DOL fact sheet (first made available last week); (2) revised model notices (reworked from last week’s drafts) with a new explanation webpage ...
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- Agencies Issue Additional Guidance on the COBRA Premium Subsidy; Draft DOL Model Notices on the Extension Available
- From the January 07, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- The DOL and IRS have issued updated information on the COBRA subsidy provisions, which were extended by the Fiscal Year 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act (2010 DOD Act), and originally created under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of ...
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- COBRA Premium Subsidy Extended From Nine to Fifteen Months; Eligibility Period Extended Through End of February
- From the December 23, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- Congress has passed, and the President has signed, the Fiscal Year 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act (“Act”), which includes important new changes to the COBRA premium subsidy that was created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ...
