IRS Completes Health Research Fee Regulations
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has tried to give insurers and plans a little temporary help in paying the new Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) tax. Drafters of the Patient [...]
Transit and Parking Benefits Get a Cost of Living Increase for 2013
On Friday, January 11, 2013, the Internal Revenue Service announced inflation adjustments for the 2013 tax year, which included items from the recently passed American Taxpayer Relief Act of [...]
Significant FSA Developments
This week brought significant developments with respect to two very important issues affecting health FSAs. On Wednesday, the IRS issued Notice 2012-42 to clarify how the cap on salary deferrals [...]
An Individual Enrolled in Medicare A or B Cannot be Enrolled in an HSA
Source: benefitspro.com An individual enrolled in Medicare A or B cannot be enrolled in an HSA Most of us know that an individual enrolled in Medicare Part A or B isn’t eligible to [...]
Status of HSA’s, FSA’s, HRA’s and MSA’s in Health Care Reform
First and foremost, neither the House nor Senate health reform bills repeal HSAs. Earlier proposals that would have eliminated some of these options (particularly FSAs and HRAs) did not survive [...]
