Understanding the ACA Reporting Requirements
for 2016 & 2017: New Rules, New Responsibilities It's crunch time for health care information reporting. Is your organization ready? The first year of employer Affordable Care Act reporting did not go smoothly, but that was to be anticipated. The IRS ended up extending the due dates and giving employers "good faith" relief for their mistakes. WARNING: Such IRS generosity will NOT be granted for 2016 forms filed early next year. In fact, the IRS says it's not planning on extending any due dates for next year's forms. And that relaxed good-faith standard for filing errors is also gone. Even worse: Penalties have more than doubled for filing incorrect information returns, including Forms 1095! So the pressure is on to get it right the first time. Understanding the ACA Reporting Requirements for 2016 & 2017 is a complete primer on the health care information reporting rules. Learn the step-by-step requirements for completing each form correctly the first time, so you can avoid costly penalties. These IRS reporting requirements are the single most important addition to your year-end duties in a generation. And they continue to generate tons of confusion in the employer community. - 6 signs that your office may be infected with negativity
- Who has to file these forms next year?
- Which form do we file — Form 1095-C or 1095-B?
- What are the deadlines?
- Must all employees be given the forms?
- What counts as an "offer of insurance"?
- Can we be penalized if an employee turns down our offer of health insurance?
- What's an authoritative transmittal?
- What happens if we don't have a dependent's Social Security number?
- What's a limited non-assessment period?
Get answers to these questions from a true payroll expert, attorney Alice Gilman, editor of Payroll Legal Alert. In addition to deciphering the complex reporting rules and providing examples of real reporting scenarios, Understanding the ACA Reporting Requirements for 2016 & 2017 will ensure you're in total compliance with the ACA in 2017, including the dreaded employer mandate. You'll discover: - How to tell whether the health coverage you offer is "affordable" and provides "minimum value"
- How cafeteria plan benefits and wellness benefits factor into the affordable/minimum value determinations
- To whom offers of health coverage must be made
- Why it's crucial to get employees' waivers of coverage in writing
- How to track the data you'll need to complete the forms
- Which reporting regimen — the IRS has very generously given you three to choose from — will work best for you
- What you need to know about the affordability "safe harbors" that can help you avoid the employer mandate penalty
- When you must provide employees with their forms and when you must file with the IRS
It's crunch time for health care information reporting. But you don't have to be crunched. Learn how to get in compliance with the confusing ACA reporting rules so you can make this reporting a non-event in the future. Get your copy of this recording today!  | 
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