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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 ...
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- Are our benefit plans affected by state laws recognizing same-sex marriage?
- From the September 17, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: I’ve been reading about all the states that have recently recognized same-sex marriage or given spousal equivalent status to registered domestic partners. Our company has locations in some of those states. We already provide health benefits ...
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- Tax Court Rules That Amounts Paid for Prostitutes, Pornography, Sex Therapy Books, and Magazines Are Not Medical Care Expenses
- From the September 17, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- The issue in this case was whether a tax attorney could deduct as medical expenses on his federal income tax returns amounts paid for prostitutes, pornography, books and magazines on sex therapy, and videos. The attorney did not visit the ...
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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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- Where can our health FSA participants use debit cards to pay for medical care expenses?
- From the August 20, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: Our company is thinking about implementing a debit card program for participants in our health FSA. I understand that IRS guidance restricts use of these cards to certain merchants. Where can our health FSA participants use debit cards to ...
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- Does an increase in the cost of group health coverage trigger special enrollment rights?
- From the August 06, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: One of our employees has employee-only coverage under our calendar-year major medical plan and her spouse is enrolled under his employer’s plan which, until recently, paid 90% of the cost of employee-only coverage. The ...
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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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- Can our company's DCAP reimburse overnight camp expenses?
- From the July 30, 2009 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: Several of our company’s employees send their children to overnight camps during the summer. Can our company’s DCAP reimburse overnight camp expenses? ANSWER: The short answer is no—your company’s DCAP cannot ...
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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 ...
