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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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- 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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- One-Time Irrevocable Election to Waive Retiree Health Benefits in Exchange for Higher Pay Isn't Taxable
- From the May 14, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- In this private letter ruling, the IRS reviewed an employer’s retiree health insurance program that allowed employees to make a one-time irrevocable election to waive retiree health insurance in exchange for a higher rate of future pay. ...
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- IRS Updates Its Webpage on the Health Coverage Tax Credit for Changes Made by ARRA
- From the April 23, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- As background, the Trade Act of 2002 created a health coverage tax credit (HCTC) that helped reduce the out-of-pocket cost of COBRA coverage for a limited group of individuals (generally including eligible individuals under the Trade Adjustment Assistance (...
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- IRS Explains Why Standard Mileage Rate for Medical Expenses Is Substantially Less Than Rate for Business Expenses
- From the April 09, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- This IRS information letter explains why the standard mileage rate used to determine medical expense deductions is substantially lower than the rate used to determine business expense deductions. For 2009, the standard mileage rate for medical expenses is 24 cents ...
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- Breast Pumps Used for General Health Are Not Medical Care Expenses
- From the April 09, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- This information letter responds to a letter recommending that the IRS allow breast pumps and related equipment to be reimbursed under a health FSA. The information letter explains that health FSA funds generally must be used for medical care, which ...
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- IRS Discusses Deductibility of Nursing Home Care for Individual With Alzheimer's Disease
- From the March 19, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- This Information Letter addresses the deductibility of expenses paid to care for an individual with Alzheimer’s disease who was in an assisted care program. Under Code Section 213, expenses paid for medical care of the taxpayer, spouse, or ...
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- New Law Establishes Additional Special Enrollment Rights, Notice, and Disclosure Obligations for Group Health Plans
- From the February 05, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- On February 4, 2009, President Obama signed into law the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009, which extends and expands the state children’s health insurance program (CHIP). Among other things, the new law allows ...
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- Updated IRS Procedures for Issuing Letter Rulings, Determination Letters, and Other Employee Plan Guidance
- From the January 22, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- Internal Revenue Bulletin 2009-1 contains the annual update and restatement of eight IRS revenue procedures that govern letter rulings, information letters, determination letters, and other IRS guidance, including guidance about employee plans. Each revenue procedure supersedes its 2008 counterpart. ...
