EBIA Weekly Archives - Cafeteria Plans
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- OPM Issues Final Regulations on Emergency Leave-Transfer Program for Federal Employees
- From the November 13, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- The federal Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has finalized proposed regulations issued in 2007 governing emergency leave-transfer programs for certain federal government employees (see our article at http://www.ebia.com/WeeklyArchives/FB/Statutes/19188 (Premium Access subscription required)). ...
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- Can our company require employees who elect health coverage to pay their share of the premiums with pre-tax salary reductions?
- From the November 06, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: Our company wants to establish a premium-only cafeteria plan (POP) to allow employees who elect coverage under our company’s health plan to pay their share of the premiums with pre-tax salary reductions. I know that ...
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- IRS Explains That Certain Legal Fees and Mileage Qualify as Medical Care Expenses, but Infant Formula Does Not
- From the October 23, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- The IRS has issued two information letters about medical care expenses. The first letter responds to a taxpayer who asked whether legal fees and mileage expenses to establish a guardianship for her husband (who has Alzheimer’s disease) could ...
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- 2009 Cost-of-Living Adjustments for Transportation Benefits, Adoption Assistance, and More
- From the October 16, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- The IRS has released the 2009 cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) for a wide variety of tax benefit limits, including qualified transportation fringe benefit limits, adoption assistance limits, various limits relevant to dependent care assistance programs (DCAPs), and limits for ...
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- IRS Announces 2009 Cost-of-Living Increases in Dollar Limits and Thresholds for Retirement Plans
- From the October 16, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- The IRS has announced the 2009 cost-of-living increases applicable to the dollar limits and thresholds for retirement plans. Most of the dollar limits will increase for 2009. Here are the 2009 limits and thresholds most relevant to 401(...
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- Adoptions Act Narrows the Definition of Qualifying Child Under Code Section 152
- From the October 09, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- President Bush has signed into law legislation that includes a provision limiting who can be considered a “qualifying child” under the definition of dependent in Code Section 152. (Under Code Section 152, a person is considered a dependent ...
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- IRS Guidance on Qualified Reservist Distributions Addresses Many Open Issues
- From the October 02, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- Since June 18, 2008, health FSAs have been allowed (but not required) to permit certain employees who are ordered or called to active military duty for a period of at least 180 days or an indefinite period to receive a &#...
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- CMS Provides Additional MSP Mandatory Reporting Guidance on Website
- From the September 25, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- Beginning January 1, 2009, insurers or TPAs of group health plans (and plan administrators or fiduciaries of self-insured and self-administered group health plans) will be required to gather and report information from plan sponsors and plan participants to ...
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- 2008-2009 Priority Guidance Plan Includes Guidance for Cafeteria and Health Plans
- From the September 25, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- The Department of the Treasury and the IRS have issued their 2008-2009 Priority Guidance Plan, which lists regulations and other guidance that are under development. This year’s plan includes several significant items affecting cafeteria and health plans, ...
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- What Rules Apply to PTO Buying Under a Cafeteria Plan?
- From the August 21, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: We’re considering amending our cafeteria plan for 2009 to allow employees to buy additional paid time off (PTO). How does PTO buying work under a cafeteria plan? ANSWER: A PTO buying feature under a cafeteria plan allows ...
