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- White House Asks Agencies to Delay Publication, Effective Dates of Regulations Pending Review
- From the January 22, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- On Inauguration Day, President Obama’s Chief of Staff issued a memorandum to executive department agencies and heads, advising them of the President’s plan for managing the Federal regulatory process so as to give his appointees and ...
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- IRS Updates Publication 503 (Child and Dependent Care Expenses) for 2008
- From the January 15, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- The IRS has updated Publication 503 (Pub. 503) for use in preparing 2008 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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- CMS Updates Group Health Plan User Guide for MSP Mandatory Reporting
- From the January 08, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- CMS has updated the User Guide for group health plans on its Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) mandatory reporting website. Like the earlier version of the guide (see our article at http://www.ebia.com/WeeklyArchives/GHPM/Statutes/19561 (Premium Access ...
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- IRS Releases 2008 Version of Publication 969 on HSAs, HRAs, Health FSAs, and MSAs
- From the January 08, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- The IRS has released an updated version of Publication 969 (Health Savings Accounts and Other Tax-Favored Health Plans) for use in preparing 2008 tax returns. This publication summarizes information about HSAs, HRAs, health FSAs, Archer MSAs, and Medicare Advantage ...
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- IRS Releases 2009 Version of Publication 15-B (Employer's Tax Guide to Fringe Benefits)
- From the December 23, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- The IRS has released the 2009 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, ...
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- IRS Issues 2008 Version of Publication 502 (Medical and Dental Expenses)
- From the December 18, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- The IRS has released the new version of Publication 502 (Pub. 502), which describes what medical expenses are deductible by taxpayers on their 2008 federal income tax returns. (Under Code Section 213(a), a taxpayer may claim a deduction for ...
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- IRS Addresses Timing of Employer's Deduction for Benefit Payments Under Self-Insured Medical Plans
- From the December 18, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- The IRS has released a Technical Advice Memorandum (TAM) that addresses the timing of an employer’s tax deduction for self-insured medical plan payments to providers that are made more than 2-1/2 months after the end ...
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- Nondependent Domestic Partner's Health Benefits Are Tax-Free If Retiree Was Taxed on Value of Partner's Coverage
- From the December 11, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- In this private letter ruling, the IRS analyzed the tax treatment of health benefits provided for the domestic partners of retired union members who did not qualify as tax dependents. Benefits were paid under a trust that funded a collectively ...
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- IRS Provides Transition Relief for the Use of Health FSA and HRA Debit Cards at Drug Stores and Pharmacies
- From the December 04, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- IRS Notice 2007-2 imposed restrictions, scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2009, on the use of health FSA and HRA debit cards at stores with the Drug Stores and Pharmacies merchant category code (MCC). (See our article at ...
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- Advance Form 5500 for 2008 Plan Year Has Been Released
- From the December 04, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- The DOL, IRS, and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation have released advance, informational copies of the Form 5500, Schedules, and Instructions to be used by employee benefits plans reporting on 2008 plan years (generally, those are plan years beginning in 2008 ...
