{"id":192,"date":"2022-08-10T15:50:08","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T15:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ift.tax\/blog\/?p=192"},"modified":"2022-08-10T15:50:09","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T15:50:09","slug":"is-your-business-required-to-report-employee-health-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ift.tax\/blog\/2022\/08\/10\/is-your-business-required-to-report-employee-health-coverage\/","title":{"rendered":"Is your business required to report employee health coverage?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><html><head><\/head><body><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/snd-store\/a\/76425344\/08_08_22_510483830_sbtb_560x292.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As you\u2019re aware, certain employers are required to report information related to their employees\u2019 health coverage. Does your business have to comply, and if so, what must be done?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Basic rules<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Certain employers with 50 or more full-time employees (called \u201capplicable large employers\u201d or ALEs) must use Forms 1094-C and 1095-C to report the information about offers of health coverage and enrollment in health coverage for their employees. Specifically, an ALE uses Form 1094-C to report summary information for each employee and to transmit Forms 1095-C to the IRS. A separate Form 1095-C is used to report information about each employee. In addition, Forms 1094-C and 1095-C are used to determine whether an employer owes payments under the employer shared responsibility provisions (sometimes referred to as the \u201cemployer mandate\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>Under the mandate, an employer can be subject to a penalty if it doesn\u2019t offer affordable minimum essential coverage that provides minimum value to substantially all full-time employees and their dependents. Form 1095-C is also used in determining eligibility of employees for premium tax credits.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Information reported<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Form 1095-C, ALEs must report the following for each employee who was a full-time employee for any month of the calendar year:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The employee\u2019s name, Social Security number and address,<\/li>\n<li>The Employer Identification Number,<\/li>\n<li>An employer contact person\u2019s name and phone number,<\/li>\n<li>A description of the offer of coverage (using a code provided in the instructions) and the months of coverage,<\/li>\n<li>Each full-time employee\u2019s share of the coverage cost under the lowest-cost, minimum-value plan offered by the employer, by calendar month, and<\/li>\n<li>The applicable safe harbor (using one of the codes provided in the instructions) under the employer shared responsibility or employer mandate penalty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If an ALE offers health coverage through an employer\u2019s self-insured plan, the ALE also must report more information on Form 1095-C. For this purpose, a self-insured plan also includes one that offers some enrollment options as insured arrangements and other options as self-insured.<\/p>\n<p>If an employer provides health coverage in another manner, such as through an insured health plan or a multiemployer health plan, the insurance issuer or the plan sponsor making the coverage available will provide the information about health coverage to enrolled employees. An employer that provides employer-sponsored self-insured health coverage but isn\u2019t subject to the employer mandate, isn\u2019t required to file Forms 1094-C and 1095-C and reports instead on Forms 1094-B and 1095-B for employees who enrolled in the employer-sponsored self-insured health coverage.<\/p>\n<p>On Form 1094-C, an employer can also indicate whether any certifications of eligibility for relief from the employer mandate apply.<\/p>\n<p>Be aware that these reporting requirements may be more complex if your business is a member of an aggregated ALE group or if the coverage is provided through a multiemployer plan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>W-2 reporting <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Note:<\/em> Employers also report certain information about health coverage on employees\u2019 W-2 forms. But it\u2019s not the same information as what\u2019s reported on 1095-C. The information on either form doesn\u2019t cause excludable employer-provided coverage to become taxable to employees. It\u2019s for informational purposes only.<\/p>\n<p>The above is a simplified explanation of the reporting requirements. Contact us with questions or for assistance in complying with the requirements.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a9 2022<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/body><br \/>\n<\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you\u2019re aware, certain employers are required to report information related to their employees\u2019 health coverage. Does your business have to comply, and if so, what must be done? 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