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Additional Cafeteria Plan Changes in Effect January 1, 2023: IRS Notice 2022-41 and Family Coverage Affordability

AssuredPartners

As a result of this Notice, on and after January 1, 2023, participants in a Sec. The Department of the Treasury and the IRS have been instructed to modify the Income Tax Regulations under Sec. Pending any additional guidance, these changes will officially go into effect on or after January 1, 2023. Family Coverage Affordability.

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Four High Deductible Health Plan Mistakes to Avoid

InterWest Insurance Services

With more than half of all private sector employees enrolled in high-deductible health plans , it’s important that employers have in place certain protocols to ensure that they are a success. HSAs are tax-advantaged accounts that allow enrollees to save up to pay qualified medical expenses.

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IRS Extends ACA Affordability to Other Tiers of Coverage

Griffin Benefits

If employee-only coverage is affordable, an employee cannot purchase subsidized coverage and will not trigger employer penalties. This is the case even if an employee needs family coverage and the family tier is not affordable. For purposes of affordability, family members only include children who are tax dependents.

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What is a 401(k) Plan and How Does it Work?

HR Digest

It allows employees to save a portion of their pre-tax income for retirement. Here’s how it works: When an employee enrolls in a 401(k) plan, they choose a percentage of their salary to contribute to the plan, up to a certain limit set by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). How does 401(k) work?

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IRS Permanently Extends Deadlines for ACA Reports to Individuals

Proskauer's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensa

Additionally, the notice must be written in plain, non-technical terms and in a large enough font size to call to a viewer’s attention that the information pertains to tax statements reporting that individuals had health coverage. by March 2, 2023 for the 2022 forms).

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Four Ways to Ensure Your Group HDHP Will Fail

InterWest Insurance Services

With more than half of all private sector employees enrolled in high-deductible health plans , it’s important that employers have in place certain protocols to ensure that they are a success. HSAs are tax-advantaged accounts that allow enrollees to save up to pay qualified medical expenses.

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How Much “Tech” is Your Ben Admin Technology Solution Really Using?

HR Professionals Magazine

A 2022 Harris poll found that 72% of employees said “they wish someone would tell them what the best health insurance for their unique situation is.” Be mindful that not all decision support tools are created equal.