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- Value of Nondependent Domestic Partner's Retiree Coverage Is Taxable to Employee
- From the February 25, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- This private letter ruling addresses the tax treatment of contributions required to pre-fund retiree health coverage under a union-negotiated health plan. The contributions for each employee consisted of (1) mandatory (i.e., nonelective) pre-tax contributions made during ...
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- IRS Discusses Deductibility of Monthly Fee Paid to Alzheimer's Medical Facility
- From the February 18, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- This IRS information letter responds to an inquiry about the deductibility of a monthly fee paid to an Alzheimer’s medical facility. The letter explains that the entire cost of medical care, meals, and lodging furnished in an institution ...
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- DOL Posts Six EFAST2 User Guides Providing Assistance for Form 5500 Electronic Filers
- From the February 11, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- DOL has posted on its website six EFAST2 user guides to assist with electronically filing Form 5500 for 2009 and later plan years. Final DOL regulations, originally issued in 2007, require all Form 5500s for plan years beginning on or ...
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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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- Updated IRS Procedures for Issuing Letter Rulings, Determination Letters, and Other Employee Plan Guidance
- From the January 14, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- Internal Revenue Bulletin 2010-1 contains the annual update and restatement of eight IRS revenue procedures that govern letter rulings, determination letters, and other IRS guidance, including guidance about employee plans. Each revenue procedure supersedes its 2009 counterpart. Many of ...
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- DOL Finalizes Seven-Business-Day Safe Harbor for Depositing Participant Contributions and Loan Repayments in Small Plans
- From the January 14, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- The DOL has finalized its seven-business-day safe harbor rule for determining when participant contributions (including elective deferrals under a 401(k) plan) become plan assets. Generally, participant contributions to ERISA plans become plan assets as soon as they ...
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- Three Form 5500 Developments: EFAST2 Website Goes Live, New Guidance on Submitting Delinquent/Amended Filings, and Agencies Release Form 5500 for Both 2009 and 2010 Plan Years
- From the January 07, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- DOL has ushered in the new year with several developments applicable to Form 5500 filings for plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2009. First, as anticipated, the DOL’s all-electronic system for filing Form 5500s—...
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- IRS Issues 2009 Version of Publication 503 (Child and Dependent Care Expenses)
- From the December 23, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- The IRS has updated Publication 503 (Pub. 503) for use in preparing 2009 tax returns. Pub. 503 explains the requirements that taxpayers must meet in order to claim the dependent care tax credit (DCTC) under Code Section 21 for child ...
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- IRS Releases 2009 Versions of HSA Reporting Form 8889 and Publication 969
- From the December 17, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- The IRS has released the 2009 versions of Form 8889 (Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)) and its Instructions, as well as Publication 969 (Health Savings Accounts and Other Tax-Favored Health Plans). Form 8889 and Instructions. HSA holders (and beneficiaries of ...
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- IRS Releases 2010 Version of Publication 15-B (Employer's Tax Guide to Fringe Benefits)
- From the December 10, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- The IRS has released the 2010 version of Publication 15-B (Employer’s Tax Guide to Fringe Benefits), which contains information for employers on the employment tax treatment of various fringe benefits, including accident and health coverage, adoption assistance, ...
