Transition Relief on Employer Shared Responsibility and Explanation of the Final Regulations
The Treasury Department and IRS issued a 227-page final regulation on ACA employer shared responsibility on February 10, 2014 and included new transition relief. For larger employers with 100 or more employees, the rules phase in the percentage of full-time workers that employers need to offer coverage to from 70 percent in 2015 to 95 percent in 2016 and beyond. For employers with 50 to 99 employees, employer responsibility payments will not apply until 2016, but reporting is still required in 2015.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the new transition relief for employers with 100 or more employees.
- Understand the new transition relief for employers with 50 to 99 employees.
- Understand the transition relief for non-calendar year plans.
- Learn about the transition relief with respect to measurement periods for variable hour employees.
- Learn about the changes to the full-time employee status determinations.
- Learn about many more clarifications and changes to the proposed rule.
Who Should Attend:
Direct employees of SPBA member TPA firms and Stop-Loss Partners should attend.
Cost:
The cost will be $175 per location. You may have as many people as can fit in a room, hear a conference call and see a computer screen.
Please note: Any transmission or re-transmission of this event to additional sites/rooms by any means including but not limited to the use of a telephone conference bridge whether or not owned by the registrant is strictly prohibited.
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Webinar Recorded for Future Listening
In addition to this live webinar, this webinar will be recorded and offered in a streaming mode (Internet connection required) and a podcast format (permitting you to download the recording and use it disconnected from the Internet). The podcast is an MP3 format, audio-only file, that you can “save as” to your computer hard drive and then move to any MP3 compatible device. The podcast will not provide the corresponding PPT video since it is an audio-only file. However, you can download the PPT from the SPBA website.
Date Presented:
February 20, 2014 1:00 PM Eastern
Length:
2 hours
Registration Fee:
$175.00
Streaming - Recording
SPBA Price:$175.00
Podcast - Recording (Downloadable File)
SPBA Price:$175.00