The Affordable Care Act added IRC sections §6055 and §6056 which requires insurers, applicable large employers and self-insured plans to provide annual health information returns to the IRS and statements to employees. (See ErisaALERTs 2014-04 and 2014-09 for background information.) The regulations require that the employee statements be provided by January 31 and reported to […]
6055, 6056, ACA, compliance, reporting and disclosureErisaALERT 2014-09 – ACA’s shared responsibility provisions impose penalties on individuals who do not maintain minimum essential coverage (MEC) and on plan sponsors who do not offer minimum value, affordable coverage. The way the IRS will know if an individual has MEC and if an employer offers minimum value, affordable coverage is via the §6055 […]
6055, 6056, ACA, compliance, Disclosure, HCR, ReportingErisaALERT 2013-05 discussed the statutory requirements and the proposed regulations regarding the new reporting and disclosure requirements imposed by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) relating to the individual mandate and shared responsibility. On March 10, 2014 final regulations were issued for §6055 Information Reporting of Minimal Essential Coverage (MEC) and §6056 Information Reporting by Applicable […]
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