EBIA Weekly Archives - Cafeteria Plans
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- IRS Releases 2009 Form 2441 and Instructions
- From the November 05, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- The IRS has released Form 2441 (“Child and Dependent Care Expenses”) and its accompanying instructions for the 2009 tax year. Form 2441 is a dual-purpose form. Taxpayers file it with Form 1040 to determine the amount of ...
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- FTC Delays Its Enforcement of Identity Theft Red Flags Rule Until June 2010
- From the November 05, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced that it is delaying its enforcement of the Identity Theft Red Flags Rule until June 1, 2010. The Rule, which was issued jointly by six federal agencies, requires financial institutions and creditors with &#...
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- Can members of our company's board of directors participate in our cafeteria plan?
- From the October 29, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: I’ve been asked whether members of our company’s board of directors can participate in our cafeteria plan. Can we allow this? ANSWER: Generally, no, although there is a special rule for certain “dual status&#...
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- DOL Issues Additional FAQs on Schedule C for 2009 Form 5500
- From the October 29, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- The DOL has issued 25 additional FAQs concerning the Schedule C disclosures for 2009 and later plan years. This guidance supplements a set of 40 FAQs issued last year. (See our Checkpoint Newsstand article.) Generally, both pension plans and those ...
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- New Law Expands FMLA Leave Rights for Employees Who Are Relatives of Veterans and Members of the Armed Forces
- From the October 29, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- The President has signed defense-related legislation that includes amendments to the FMLA’s provisions regarding qualifying exigency leave and covered servicemember leave for employees who are relatives of servicemembers. Here are highlights of the changes that are likely ...
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- Infant Formula for Healthy Baby Was Not a Medical Care Expense
- From the October 22, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- In this private letter ruling, the IRS concluded that infant formula for the healthy baby of a woman who could not breastfeed due to a double mastectomy was not a medical care expense under Code Section 213(d). As support, ...
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- 2010 Cost-of-Living Adjustments for Transportation Benefits, Adoption Assistance, and More
- From the October 15, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- The IRS has released the 2010 cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) for a wide variety of tax benefit limits, including limits relating to qualified transportation fringe benefits, adoption assistance, dependent care assistance programs (DCAPs), and Archer MSAs. Qualified Transportation Fringe ...
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- In what order should reimbursements be paid when an employer offers both an HRA and a health FSA?
- From the September 24, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: Our company will set up an HRA and a health FSA on January 1 that will cover the same employees and pay the same types of medical care expenses. In what order should reimbursements be paid from these two ...
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- DOL Releases New FAQs on All-Electronic Form 5500 Filing Under EFAST2
- From the September 24, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- The DOL’s EFAST website now contains 45 FAQs addressing EFAST2, the all-electronic filing system for Form 5500 that is scheduled to be available beginning January 2010. As background, final DOL regulations issued in 2007 require that all ...
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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 ...
