Kushner & Company Blog

The Affordable Care Act set affordability limits on group health plans. It also set significant penalties for failure to offer affordable plans. Potentially there's a huge increase coming in 2024 for employers' share of the costs.

With the exponentially growing number of organizations offering Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), FSA administration has become a common topic in a number of industries. Providing a range of tax advantages for both employers and employees, these plans give options for paying medical expenses.

The IRS has released a new Notice that provides transition relief for Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) under the SECURE 2.0 Act passed in December, 2022.

All 401(k) catch-up contributions must be Roth (after-tax), starting in 2024 for anyone earning $145,000+. That's only the beginning.

In response to the pandemic, the IRS issued rules in 2020 that COVID-19 testing and treatment benefits could be provided by a High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) without a deductible or with a deductible below the HDHP minimum deductible. With the end of the emergency, those rules are now changed.

As we explained in 2020, funding for the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) was supposed to end with filings and fees for plan years that began before October 1, 2019. In the words of the great philosopher Emily Litella, “Never mind.”

Working with an employee benefits consultancy ensures that you stay informed, minimize costs, and receive sound advice about the wellbeing of your employees. With the ability to walk you through your decision-making process, consultants can ensure that you’re looking at appropriate plans.

The COVID-19 Outbreak Period has had numerous impacts upon benefit plans, extending timelines with which plans had to perform certain activities.

President Biden declared the end of the National Emergency effective May 11, 2023. Employers must plan now for the end of the Outbreak Period.

Yes Virginia, there really is a Santa Claus(e).

The telehealth exception to the rule that in order to make an HSA contribution, a participant must be enrolled in a High Deductible Health Plan requiring non-preventive benefits to meet the plan's deductible is extended.

It must be the holiday season. The IRS recently finalized new regulations providing that ALEs must furnish the Forms 1095-C to employees no later than 30 days after January 31st of each year. In the past, forms were due by January 31st unless an employer asked for an extension. It's now automatic.

The IRS has now released all of the 2023 benefit limits on October 21, 2022. Earlier this year, they also released the High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) and Health Savings Account (HSA) limits.