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- DOL Webpage on Health Care Reform Provides Useful Links and Resources for Employees and Employers
- From the April 08, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- The DOL has created a new webpage that contains links to a variety of resources relating to the major health care reform legislation—the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)—that became law in March 2010 (see ...
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- Health Care Reform Reconciliation Bill Is Signed Into Law
- From the April 01, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- On March 30, 2010, the President signed into law the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (Reconciliation Act), which makes significant changes to some of the health care reform provisions under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) (see ...
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- Health Care Reform Is Signed Into Law, Bringing Major Changes for Employer-Provided Health Coverage
- From the March 25, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- Historic health care reform legislation was signed into law by President Obama on March 23, 2010. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) brings far-reaching changes for employer-provided health coverage. (As we write this article, Congress is ...
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- IRS Information Letter Explains Rule Limiting Qualified Tuition Reductions to Education Below the Graduate Level
- From the March 18, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- In this recently released information letter, the IRS explains when a course will be considered “education below the graduate level” that qualifies for a nontaxable discount under the Code Section 117(d) exclusion for qualified tuition reductions. That ...
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- IRS Releases Updated Version of Publication 463 on Travel, Entertainment, Gift, and Car Expenses
- From the March 11, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- The IRS has released the latest version of Publication 463 (Travel, Entertainment, Gift, and Car Expenses), which is for use in preparing 2009 tax returns. This publication explains when employees and sole proprietors may deduct work-related travel, entertainment, gift, ...
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- How are employees taxed if they pay for group term life insurance through a cafeteria plan?
- From the February 25, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: Our company would like to offer a group term life insurance benefit to employees, but we can’t afford to pay any of the premiums. Could our employees pay the premiums for their coverage through our cafeteria plan? ...
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- Value of Nondependent Domestic Partner's Retiree Coverage Is Taxable to Employee
- From the February 25, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- This private letter ruling addresses the tax treatment of contributions required to pre-fund retiree health coverage under a union-negotiated health plan. The contributions for each employee consisted of (1) mandatory (i.e., nonelective) pre-tax contributions made during ...
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- How is an employee's qualified bicycle commuting benefit affected if the employee uses another qualified transportation fringe benefit?
- From the February 18, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: Our company has a qualified transportation plan with mass transit and parking benefits. If we add a qualified bicycle commuting reimbursement benefit, how will our existing benefits affect the bicycle benefit? Will an employee’s use of other ...
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- IRS Information Letters Address Qualified Nonpersonal Use Vehicles
- From the February 18, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- The IRS has released two information letters responding to inquiries about the “qualified nonpersonal use vehicle” rules under Code Section 274. As background, the right to use an employer-provided vehicle is a fringe benefit that creates taxable ...
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- IRS Rules That Clothing and Accessories Given to Employees Are Excludable From Income as De Minimis Fringe Benefits
- From the February 11, 2010 EBIA Weekly
- In this private letter ruling, the IRS concluded that the value of clothing and accessories given by a city to its employees could be excluded from the employees’ income under the de minimis fringe benefit rule in Code Section ...
