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- IRS Issues Chart of Average Small Group Market Premiums for Calculating Small Business Health Care Tax Credit for 2010
- From the May 06, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- Recent health care reform legislation created a new federal income tax credit, which is available to eligible small employers that make nonelective contributions toward their employees’ health insurance premiums (see our Checkpoint Newsstand article). For taxable years beginning before ...
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- IRS Discusses Whether Amounts Paid for Umbilical Cord Blood Banking Services Are Medical Care Expenses
- From the May 06, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- This information letter responds to an inquiry about whether amounts paid for private umbilical cord blood banking services are medical care expenses under Code Section 213. The information letter explains that the Code defines medical care as the diagnosis, cure, ...
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- HHS Requires Data for Its Web Portal From Insurers as Early as May 21, 2010
- From the May 06, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- Recent health care reform legislation requires HHS to create an Internet website, referred to as a “web portal,” through which individuals and small businesses can access information about insurance coverage options available in their State. The web portal ...
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- Interim Final Regulations Address Retiree Reinsurance Provisions of Health Care Reform
- From the May 06, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- Recent health care reform legislation includes a program for the reimbursement of participating plan sponsors who provide health coverage to early retirees (“early retiree reinsurance program”). The law requires the program to be implemented within 90 days of ...
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- Are plan administrators required to obtain electronic credentials under the DOL's all-electronic Form 5500 filing system?
- From the April 29, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: We will be using a third-party preparer and approved third-party software to submit our Form 5500 under the new all-electronic filing system. As the plan administrator, do we need to obtain electronic credentials? ANSWER: Yes, you ...
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- IRS Provides Guidance on Tax Treatment of Employer-Provided Health Benefits for Children Under Age 27
- From the April 29, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- Recent health care reform legislation generally requires group health plans offering dependent coverage for children to continue providing that coverage for adult children until age 26. (See our Checkpoint Newsstand articles.) The legislation also extends the Code Section 105(b) ...
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- DoD Issues Final Regulations on TRICARE Incentive Prohibition
- From the April 15, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- The Department of Defense (DoD) has issued final regulations regarding the TRICARE incentive prohibition, which prohibits employers from offering financial or other benefits to TRICARE beneficiaries as incentives not to enroll (or to terminate enrollment) in employer-sponsored health plans ...
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- Should we use IFILE or EFAST2-approved third-party software to file our Form 5500 electronically?
- From the April 08, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: We’re a plan sponsor preparing to submit Form 5500 for the first time using the DOL’s new all-electronic system. Should we use IFILE or approved third-party software? ANSWER: This will depend on several ...
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- DOL Webpage on Health Care Reform Provides Useful Links and Resources for Employees and Employers
- From the April 08, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- The DOL has created a new webpage that contains links to a variety of resources relating to the major health care reform legislation—the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)—that became law in March 2010 (see ...
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- IRS Issues Guidance on New Small Employer Tax Credit
- From the April 08, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), signed into law in March 2010 (see our Checkpoint Newsstand articles), added a new small employer tax credit for small businesses and tax-exempt organizations that provide health coverage to their employees. ...
