EBIA Weekly Archives - Cafeteria Plans
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- DOL Issues Field Guidance in FAQ Format on the Bonding Requirement for ERISA Plans
- From the December 04, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- ERISA requires all persons, including fiduciaries, who handle funds or other property of an employee benefit plan to be bonded (unless they are covered by an exemption) to protect ERISA plans against loss due to fraud or dishonesty by plan ...
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- Three-Cent Decrease in 2009 Mileage Rate for Transportation to Obtain Medical Care or as Part of Deductible Moving Expenses
- From the November 26, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- The IRS has announced that the standard mileage rate for use of an automobile to obtain medical care (which may be deductible under Code Section 213 if it is primarily for, and essential to, medical care) will be 24 cents ...
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- DOL's Final FMLA Regulations Expand Upon Qualifying Exigency and Covered Servicemember Leaves, and Much More!
- From the November 20, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- The DOL has finalized its FMLA regulations. Proposed changes to the original regulations (which date back to 1995) were issued in February 2008 (see our article at http://www.ebia.com/WeeklyArchives/GHPM/Statutes/19296 (Premium Access subscription required)). The ...
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- IRS Releases 2008 Forms 2441 and 1040A (Schedule 2)
- From the November 20, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- The IRS has released Form 2441 (“Child and Dependent Care Expenses”) and its accompanying instructions for the 2008 tax year. Form 2441 is a dual-purpose form. Taxpayers file it with Form 1040 to determine the amount of ...
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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 ...
