by JC Cole | Aug 26, 2016 | ACA, ACA Reporting, Compliance, Employee Benefits, Health Insurance
Bad habits are easy to form (1095c). When the authorities that be (in this case the IRS) give us extensions or delay their own rules, we fall prey to our own human nature. We form bad habits before we ever get a chance to form a good habit. This is the case with the...
by Angel Saucedo | Aug 22, 2016 | Compliance, Dept of Labor, Employee Benefits, ERISA
In the ongoing list of complaints regarding the Affordable Care Act recently the DOL, IRS and PBGC released proposed changes to modernize and improve the existing 5500 form or annual return for employee benefit plans. This would essentially require all small groups...
by Mike Davis | Jul 5, 2016 | Employee Benefits, Health Insurance
“Why?” Why is “why” such a powerful word? The answer is actually quite simple. It challenges a person to think. It challenges a person, whether in their personal life or business life, to look at things a little deeper. One little word can actually push...
by admin | Jul 1, 2016 | Employee Benefits
With 4th of July right around the corner, there is a high probability that you will be around fireworks this weekend. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission has reported an increase in injuries and deaths over the past few years around Independence Day. Fireworks...
by Mike Davis | May 3, 2016 | Compliance, Employee Benefits, Health Insurance, HSA, Plan Design, Plan Design
Do you wait with anticipation for each update from the IRS? Well, wait no more as Revenue Procedure 2016-28 was released last Friday. In Simple Terms, hardly anything changes for 2017 in regards to HSA’s next year. The only change is a small $50 increase on...
by Mike Davis | Oct 21, 2015 | Employee Benefits
Most of us are consumers of a health insurance plan. Whether we purchase it ourselves, through our employer, or hit the lottery and our employer pays for it all—most of us have a health insurance plan. Almost all of us face some plan changes in 2016, and we have...
by admin | Sep 23, 2015 | ACA Reporting, Compliance, Data Analytics, Dept of Labor, Employee Benefits, Health Insurance, HSA, Plan Design
One of our brilliant clients recently put the Cadillac Tax into perspective: “So the Law could actually punish the employer with a 40% tax for doing what Healthcare Reform said they should do?” She was right, and here’s what you need to know. ...
