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Presented by

Edward Fensholt, JDScott Behrens, JDCompliance Services, Lockton Benefit Group

ACA Reporting Update: Final Forms and Instructions for Employer Reporting on Forms 1094-C and 1095-C

© 2015 Lockton Benefit GroupImages © 2015 Thinkstock. All rights reserved.

October 15, 2015

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Presented by

Edward Fensholt, JDScott Behrens, JDCompliance Services, Lockton Benefit Group

ACA Reporting Update: Final Forms and Instructions for Employer Reporting on Forms 1094-C and 1095-C

© 2015 Lockton Benefit GroupImages © 2015 Thinkstock. All rights reserved.

October 15, 2015

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Introduction, Acknowledgements, and Agenda

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Introduction and Acknowledgments

Welcome to our Health Reform Advisory Practice webcast

Introductions and topic summary

Handouts and last minute changes

Questions and answers

Replay link

Acknowledgements

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Agenda

Covering some old ground: Why ACA reporting, and who must report? What purposes does reporting serve?

The reporting forms, the submission process, due dates and extensions

Form preparation and submission: the available vendors and their tools, and the DIY option

The details: Form 1095-C

The details: Form 1094-C

Odds and Ends

Prior webcasts

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Covering Some Old Ground: Why ACA Reporting, and Who Must Report? What Purposes Does Reporting Serve?

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Reason #1 for Employer Reporting

The individual mandate

Individuals must have ―minimum essential coverage‖ (MEC) or pay modest penalty for noncompliance

MEC includes almost any employer medical plan, as long as it’s more robust than an ―excepted benefit‖ like most health FSAs

Tax/penalty for ―no coverage‖…reduced proportionately for months the individual complied with mandate

Percentage Amount Dollar Amount

Tax Year % of Income Per Adult Per Child Per Family

2014 1% $95 $47.50 $285

2015 2% (up to $2,484) $325 $162.50 $975

2016 2.5% (up to $TBA) $695 $347.50 $2,085

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Reason #1 for Employer Reporting

The individual mandate

How does the IRS know whether an individual has MEC, and for how many months?

Each individual indicates on his or her tax return the number of months, in the prior calendar year, in which the taxpayer had at least MEC for at least a day

Insurers and union-affiliated plans use Form 1095-B to report coverage, copies to IRS and primary insured (typically, the employee) to verify the taxpayer’s entry on his or her Form 1040

Forms 1095-B are transmitted by insurers and union-affiliated plans to the IRS with a Form 1094-B transmittal form

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Reason #1 for Employer Reporting

The individual mandate

By the way…two other categories of entities must or may use 1095-B to report coverage:

Employers subject to the employer mandate and providing self-insured coverage to primary insureds who are not employees (e.g., retirees, partners, outside directors, COBRA beneficiaries, independent contractors)

The employer may use 1095-B, or 1095-C (we’ll consider this form in a moment)…Most employers in this category will want to use the 1095-C, rather than the 1095-B, just for consistency’s sake

Employers too small for the employer mandate to apply, but providing self-insured coverage (like an HRA) that is more than merely supplemental to other coverage of the employer (e.g., a small employer doesn’t offer a traditional healthcare plan, but offers an HRA to retirees, or an ACA-compliant ―integrated‖ HRA to employees who have group coverage elsewhere)

The small employer must use 1095-B to report the self-insured, stand-alone, non-supplemental HRA coverage

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Reason #1 for Employer Reporting

The individual mandate

How does the IRS know whether an individual has MEC?

Each individual indicates on his or her tax return the number of months, in the prior calendar year, in which the taxpayer had at least MEC for at least a day

Insurers and union-affiliated plans use Form 1095-B to report coverage, copies to IRS and primary insured (usually the employee)

Larger self-insured employers use Form 1095-C (Parts I and III) to report coverage, with copies to IRS and primary insured

Could be the employer’s own self-insured plan, an affiliate’s self-insured plan, or a self-insured MEWA (multiple employer welfare arrangement…not a multiemployer (union-affiliated) plan)

The employer transmits the Forms 1095-C to the IRS with a Form 1094-C transmittal form

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Reason #2 for Employer Reporting

The employer mandate: Who are these “larger employers”?

Mandate applies to larger employers (―applicable large employers,‖ or ―ALEs‖), and only with respect to their common law, full-time employees

ALEs: Employers that, together with controlled group and affiliated service group members, have an average of 50 or more full-time employees (including full-time equivalent employees…fictional full-timers made up of part-time hours) during the prior calendar year

We call this the ―50-99 FTE/FTEq‖ rule

See our Spring 2014 newsletter (Compliance News) for a detailed explanation of how to determine ALE status

For 2015, the FTE/FTEq count in 2014 must be 100 or more…but employers in the 50-99 range must still report for 2015

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Reason #2 for Employer Reporting

The employer mandate: Who are these “larger employers”?

“Common law” employees

Many-factored test; important factors: who hires, who fires, who pays, who has right to control what must be done, and how to do it?

“Full-time employees”

Employees averaging at least 30 hours per week

Some employers determine this on a monthly basis, others measure average hours over a look-back measurement period of up to a year

The employer must know who its common law, full-time employees are, to have any hope of ensuring accuracy in its Form 1095-C reporting

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Reason #2 for Employer Reporting

The employer mandate – Two tiers

Tier 1: Offer at least MEC to at least 95% of FTEs (and their children, thru end of month they attain 26)

70% for 2015

―Nuclear penalty‖ for violations…for 2015, $2080 x all FTEs in the EIN, less the ―free 80‖ (―free 30‖ if you have fewer than 100 FTEs/FTEqs in your controlled or affiliated service group)

Tier 2: Offer each FTE single (employee-only) coverage that is ―minimum value‖ (MV) and affordable (no more than 9.5% of household income)

9.5% is adjusted for inflation…9.56% for 2015, looks like 9.66% for 2016

IRS offers several safe harbors: 9.5% of W-2 pay, poverty level, or hourly rate of pay

―Needle penalty‖ (for 2015, $3,120) assessed against the employer for each FTE who doesn’t receive an MV and affordable offer and obtains subsidized insurance in an online exchange or ―marketplace‖

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Reason #2 for Employer Reporting

The employer mandate

How does the IRS know whether an ALE has offered MEC or MV and affordable coverage?

The ALE tells IRS

Employer proves Tier 1 compliance by filing a single Form 1094-C demonstrating compliance (more on this later)…

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Reason #2 for Employer Reporting

The employer mandate

How does the IRS know whether an ALE has offered MEC or MV and affordable coverage to an FTE?

Employer proves Tier 2 compliance by preparing a Form 1095-C (Parts I and II) for each employee who was full-time for at least a month in the reporting year

Copies to IRS and the FTE

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Reason #2 for Employer Reporting

The employer mandate

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IMPORTANT EXCEPTION:

An ALE isn’t required to prove Tier 2 compliance for an employee, even if working full-time hours, who for the reporting year never completed a ―limited non-assessment period‖ or ―LNAP‖ (essentially, a penalty-free period)

Includes an initial measurement and administrative period, for newly-hired variable hour, part-time or seasonal employees tracked via the look-back measurement method, if an FTE emerging from the measurement period is offered coverage for the ensuing stability period

Includes the waiting period for newly-hired full-time employees, as long as an ACA-compliant coverage offer is made not later then the first day of the fourth full calendar month of employment

What does this mean?

No need to supply a Form 1095-C…unless the employee was enrolled in the employer’s self-insured plan…in that event, of course, the employee needs the 1095-C (Part III) to prove compliance with the individual mandate, so the employer needs to supply the 1095-C even though it does not need to complete Part II, for purposes of the employer mandate.

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Employer Reporting - Summary

Form Used by...

1095-B Insurers, to report coverage provided to primary insureds and their dependents; form is supplied to the covered primary insured, copy to IRS

Non-ALEs providing self-insured coverage; optionally, ALEs providing self-insured coverage to non-employees (retirees, partners, outside directors, COBRA beneficiaries, contractors, etc.)

1094-B Insurers, non-ALEs and ALEs (as applicable) to transmit the individual Forms 1095-B to IRS

1095-CParts I and III

ALEs* to report self-insured coverage provided to any primary insured (full-time or part-time employees, partners, outside directors, COBRA beneficiaries, independent contractors, etc.) for at least a day, and their dependents; form is supplied to the primary insured, copy to IRS

1095-C Parts I , II and maybe III

ALEs* to demonstrate adequate coverage offers to individual full-time employees (Tier 2 compliance)

If the full-time employee is covered under insured coverage, or not covered under any coverage, he or she receives just Parts I and II from the employer

If covered under self-insured coverage, he or she receives Parts I, II and III

Copy supplied to IRS

1094-C ALEs* to transmit the individual forms 1095-C to the IRS, and demonstrate Tier 1 compliance

* Without regard to the 50-99 exemption for 2015

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Pop Quiz – Who Gets What?

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Employer is subject to the employer mandate (without regard to the 50-99 FTE/FTEq rule for 2015) Employee is an FTE for at least a month, and waived coverage

Employee is an FTE for at least a month, and covered by fully-insured coverage for at least day

Employee is an FTE for at least a month, and covered by self-insured coverage offered by the employer or an affiliate

Employee is an FTE for at least a month, is not offered coverage by the employer, but is enrolled under a union-affiliated plan

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Employer is subject to the employer mandate (without regard to the 50-99 FTE/FTEq rule for 2015) Employee is not an FTE and receives self-insured coverage for at least a day

Employee is not an FTE and receives fully-insured coverage for at least a day

Employee is not an FTE and is enrolled in no coverage offered by the employer

BONUS QUESTION: Former employee is buying COBRA coverage all year (was not an employee for any part of the year)

Pop Quiz – Who Gets What?

Answer key at end of slide deck

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The Reporting Forms, the Submission Process, Due Dates and Extensions

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The Forms, Submission Process, Due Dates & Extensions

ALEs:

1095-C for each employee who was full-time for at least a month, copy to IRS

1095-C for each employee (full-time or otherwise) covered under a self-insured plan of the employer for at least a day, copy to IRS

For non-employee primary insureds, may use 1095-C or 1095-B

Transmit all 1095-Cs (or 1095-Bs) to IRS with a Form 1094-C (or 1094-B)

Submission to IRS:

Electronically if submitting more than 250 forms

AIR submission process (XML format, credentialing, test submission, etc.)..more on this later…

May apply for waiver from e-filing requirement, on Form 8508

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The Forms, Submission Process, Due Dates & Extensions

When:

To full-time employees and other covered primary insureds: February 1, 2016

May apply for a discretionary 30-day waiver by sending letter to IRS; Lockton has a model letter

Consider the employee relations issues related to extensions

To IRS: February 29 (paper forms), March 31 (e-filing)

May obtain automatic 30-day extension on Form 8809; may apply for second, discretionary extension on separate Form 8809

May submit Form 8809 via IRS FIRE system

Extensions must be requested BEFORE the applicable due date…you can’t be late, and then file for an extension to excuse your tardiness

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Employer Reporting – Due Dates and Extensions

Form Due Date HowExtensions &

Waivers

1095-CFeb. 1 to FTEs, others

with self-insured coverage

On paper or electronically with

consent

May apply to IRS via letter for 30-day extension

1095-C 1094-C

Feb. 29 to IRS, unless e-filing, then March 31

Must e-file if submitting 250+ Forms 1095-C,

unless get waiver

Automatic 30-day extension via Form 8809; may apply for additional 30-

day extension

May apply for e-filing waiver on

Form 8508

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The Forms, Submission Process, Due Dates & Extensions

―Good faith‖ standard

IRS says it won’t penalize an employer for errors and omissions on its forms and filings if the employer made a good faith effort to comply

Providing forms to employees and others, or to IRS, in untimely manner is not excused under a good faith standard, but IRS might forgive tardiness for ―reasonable cause,‖ after IRS moves to assess penalties

Correcting the Forms 1095-C and 1094-C

See the Instructions for when and how…

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Form Preparation and Submission: The Available Vendors and their Tools, and the DIY Option

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Vendors and the DIY Option

Three main categories of vendors…

Comprehensive: The vendor and employer work to establish a direct data feed from the employer’s payroll and benefits system…vendor’s process takes the data, applies logic to it and generates appropriate codes in the appropriate boxes on the appropriate forms, and generates, mails to employees and files with the IRS the appropriate forms.

Forms with Partial Employer Input: There’s a data feed – might be handled via a schema or spreadsheets supplied to and returned by the employer, but the employer’s data must include employer-determined codesfor the appropriate boxes. Form generation, filing and mailing to employees are additional options.

Forms Only, Complete Employer Input: Basically, simple software that allows the employer to populate the form, print, mail and file. Some variations on this will have the vendor converting the employer’s file to the IRS-approved format and e-filing with the IRS…

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Vendors and the DIY Option

Three main categories of vendors…and the DIY option…

DIY: Employer takes the forms, and a pen, and has at it…prints and files on paper

Employers filing 250 or more returns with the IRS must file electronically unless they obtain a waiver of the e-filing requirement

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Vendors and the DIY Option

For all but the “Forms – Comprehensive” option, the employer must understand the 1095-C and 1094-C codes…

…and even with the “Comprehensive” option, you’ll want to check your vendor’s work!

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The Details: Form 1095-C

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The Details: Form 1095-C

Remember…

You’re only messing with Part III of 1095-C if you supply self-insured coverage and the employee or other primary insured was covered for at least a day (but don’t report on an HRA that supplements other coverage)…

You’re only messing with Part II of Form 1095-C if you’re dealing with an employee who was an FTE for at least one month (disregarding initial measurement periods, waiting periods up to three full calendar months, etc.)…or a non-FTE with self-insured coverage

Mess with Part I only if you complete Parts II or III…

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The Details: Form 1095-C

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Part III is easy…

Identify the covered person(s)

Plug in their SSNs (or birthdates)

Indicate the months for which they had the self-insured coverage for at least a day…

No need to report on

supplemental HRA coverage!

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The Details: Form 1095-C

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Part II is easy for some employees, difficult for others…

Three lines…14, 15 and 16

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The Details: Form 1095-C

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Line 14…

Tells the IRS whether you offered coverage to the FTE for a given month or months…

…and if you did, whether the coverage was MV or merely MEC, and whether coverage was offered to the employee only, or family members too…

This is all described by the use of 1 of 9 codes…

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The Details – Form 1095-C Part II, Line 14 Codes

Line 14 Codes

Means…

1A Qualifying Offer for the month in question (little applicability); a Qualifying Offer is an offer of MV coverage to the employee, with the employee’s cost for single coverage not in excess of 9.5% of the mainland single poverty level; at least MEC must be offered to spouse and children

1B Offered MV to e’ee only, for entire month

1C Offered MV to e’ee, at least MEC to kids for entire month

1D Offered MV to e’ee, at least MEC to spouse for entire month

1E Offered MV to e’ee, at least MEC to spouse and kids for entire month

1F Offered MEC but not MV to e’ee or to e’ee and any combination of family unit, for entire month

1G E’ee was not a FTE for any month but covered under employer’s self-insured plan

1H No MV or even MEC coverage offered to e’ee, for one or more days of the month

1I Qualifying Offer Transition Relief (limited applicability); employer made Qualifying Offer to at least 95% of FTEs for the month in question, but not THIS FTE…this FTE did not (for the month in question) receive a Qualifying Offer

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The Details: Form 1095-C

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Line 14…common yet special situations

Coverage not offered, or offered for less than entire month, because the employee was hired mid-month – 1H

Coverage not offered, or offered for less than entire month, because the employee was in a waiting period – 1H

Coverage not offered, or offered for less than entire month, because the employee was in an initial measurement or initial administrative period – 1H

Coverage not offered for the entire month because the employee terminated mid-month, and coverage didn’t continue to month’s end – 1H

Employer didn’t offer coverage to the FTE, even including where the employer is bound by a bargaining or similar agreement to make contributions to a union-affiliated health plan on the employee’s behalf (and even where the employee was enrolled in that coverage) – 1H

Person was enrolled in self-insured coverage of the employer for at least a day (meaning employer must complete Part III of Form 1095-C) but the person was not a full-time employee for even a single month – 1G in the ―All 12 months‖ box

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The Details: Form 1095-C

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Line 14…common yet special situations

Offer of COBRA coverage for all or part of the month, to a former employee – 1H

COBRA coverage actually supplied for all or part of the month to a former employee – 1H

PS: Here’s a recommendation:

Ignore codes 1A and 1I…more trouble than they’re worth in almost all cases. NOTE: ―Qualifying offer‖ doesn’t mean what you probably think it means…

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The Details: Form 1095-C

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Line 14…Examples

Employer offers MV coverage to eligible employees and their spouses and children.

The employee is an FTE and eligible for coverage the entire calendar year (whether enrolled or not is not relevant for Line 14 purposes…only the offer)

1E

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The Details: Form 1095-C

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Line 14…Examples

Employer offers MV coverage to eligible employees and their spouses and children.

Employee joins the employer on March 10 as an FTE, and is offered coverage on June 1 (first of the month following 60 days) through the end of the year

1H 1H 1H 1H 1H 1E 1E 1E 1E 1E 1E 1E

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The Details: Form 1095-C

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Line 14…Examples

Employer offers MV coverage to eligible employees and their spouses and children.

Employee is eligible as an FTE January through May 12, when he terminates.

What if eligibility had continued through May 31? What if employer offered COBRA?

1E 1E 1E 1E 1H 1H 1H 1H 1H 1H 1H 1H

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The Details: Form 1095-C

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Line 14…Examples

Employer offers MV coverage to eligible employees and their spouses and children.

A variable hour employee joins the employer on July 10, 2014, completes an initial measurement period on July 9, 2015, and is offered coverage as an FTE effective August 1, 2015, through the end of the calendar year

1H 1H 1H 1H 1H 1H 1H 1E 1E 1E 1E 1E

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The Details: Form 1095-C

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Line 14…Examples

Employer offers MV coverage to eligible employees and their spouses and children.

Employee is an FTE and eligible January through May, when he transfers to a bargaining unit; the employer is bound by a bargaining agreement to make contributions to a union-affiliated plan (that offers MV and family coverage) on the employee’s behalf, for June onward.

1E 1E 1E 1E 1E 1H 1H 1H 1H 1H 1H 1H

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Line 14…Examples

Employer offers self-insured MEC coverage to hourly employees.

A part-time employee, who is not an FTE for even a single month during the year, enrolls in the self-insured MEC coverage for all or even part of the year.

What if she had never enrolled?

What if the coverage had been fully insured and she had enrolled?

1G

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The Details: Form 1095-C

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Line 14…Examples

Employer offers only MEC coverage (i.e., not MV) to eligible full-time hourly employees and their families.

Employee joins the employer on May 22 as an FTE, and is offered coverage on August 1 (first of the month following 60 days) through the end of the year

1H 1H 1H 1H 1H 1H 1H 1F 1F 1F 1F 1F

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Line 15…

Only complete if there is a code 1B, 1C, 1D or 1E in line 14 (the MV offers)

Tells the IRS how much the FTE is asked to pay for the least expensive employee-only coverage option, supplying MV, offered to him or her…this will often not be what the employee is actually paying

Include cents. If there is no employee contribution, insert $0.00…don’t leave blank

This number can be an average of the monthly costs for the plan year; easy for CY plans, little complicated for non-CY

E.g., April 1 – March 31 PY; average monthly cost for the 2014-15 PY could be placed in the Jan., Feb. and March boxes; average monthly cost for the 2015-16 PY could be placed in the boxes for April through December

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The Details: Form 1095-C

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Line 15…Examples

Employer offers MV coverage to eligible employees and their spouses and children under a CY plan. The employee is an FTE and eligible for coverage the entire calendar year (whether enrolled or not is not relevant for Line 15 purposes…only the offer is relevant).

The cost to the employee, for e’ee-only coverage under the employer’s cheapest (in fact, its only) MV option, is $95.28 per month, and this rate stays in effect for all 12 months.

1E

95.28

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The Details: Form 1095-C

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Line 15…Examples

Employer offers MV coverage to eligible employees and their spouses and children under a CY plan.

Employee is eligible as an FTE January through May 31, when he terminates employment.

What if employer offered COBRA? No consequence…because the qualifying event was employment termination, we put Code 1H on line 14…which means we put nothing in line 15 for those months

1E 1E 1E 1E 1E 1H 1H 1H 1H 1H 1H 1H

95.28 95.28 95.28 95.28 95.28

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Line 15…Examples

Employer offers MV coverage to eligible employees and their spouses and children under a CY plan.

Employee is eligible as an FTE January through May 12, when he terminates.

What if employer offered COBRA? No consequence…because the qualifying event was employment termination, we put Code 1H on line 14…which means we put nothing in line 15 for those months

What if the COBRA qualifying event had been a reduction in hours, and the active employee (now part-time) loses eligibility on June 1, but there’s a COBRA offer of $311.17 per month for the employee?

1E 1E 1E 1E 1E 1E 1E 1E 1E 1E 1E 1E

95.28 95.28 95.28 95.28 95.28 311.17 311.17 311.17 311.17 311.17 311.17 311.17

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The Details: Form 1095-C

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Line 15…Examples

Employer offers MV coverage to eligible employees and their spouses and children under a plan with a July 1 – June 30 PY.

Employee is eligible all calendar year. The employer charges $95.28/mo for the least expensive e’ee-only coverage offer supplying minimum value for the 2014-15 PY, and $110.50/mo for that coverage for the 2015-16 PY

1E

95.28 95.28 95.28 95.28 95.28 95.28 110.50 110.50 110.50 110.50 110.50 110.50

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The Details: Form 1095-C

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Line 16…tells the IRS, via 1 of 9 codes (if any are applicable)…

Whether a FTE was enrolled in employer-based coverage (MV or even MEC) for a given month

If the employer reports no coverage offer on Line 14 (1H), why the employer didn’t offer coverage (i.e., the ―Exculpatory Codes‖…that is, ―I didn’t offer coverage but you – the IRS – can’t fine me because I didn’t have to offer coverage‖)

If the employee waived MV coverage, whether the employer offered the e’ee-only tier at a price point within an ―affordability safe harbor‖

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The Details – Form 1095-C Part II, Line 16 Codes

Line 16 Code Means…

2A E’ee not employed by the employer for a single day during the month

2B E’ee terminated before end of month and coverage lapsed before end of month

2C E’ee was enrolled in at least MEC for every day of the month

2D E’ee was not covered for the entire month, but was employed during the month but was in a limited non-assessment period for the month (first partial calendar month of employment, first three full calendar months of employment, initial measurement and administrative period, period following certain change in status during initial measurement period)

2E Multiemployer (union-affiliated) health plan relief rule applied to the employer for every day of the calendar month

2F E’ee not covered for the entire month, but was offered MV coverage that was affordable under W-2 safe harbor

2G E’ee not covered for the entire month, but was offered MV coverage that was affordable under poverty level safe harbor

2H E’ee not covered for the entire month, but was offered MV coverage that was affordable under rate of pay safe harbor

2I E’ee is deemed to have been offered coverage under the non-CY plan transition rule

TrumpCode!

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The Details: Form 1095-C

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Line 16…common situations

Employee enrolled in the employer’s MEC or MV coverage – 2C (―trump code‖)

Employee received no offer of coverage for the entire month because he wasn’t even an employee at any point in that month – 2A

Employee received no offer of coverage for the entire month because she terminated employment during the month and lost coverage mid-month as a result – 2B

Employee received no offer of coverage for the entire month because it was his first month of employment, and he joined the employer other than on the first day of the month – 2D

Employee received no offer of coverage for the entire month because she was a newly-hired FTE and was in her waiting period (but not beyond the first three full months of employment) – 2D

Employee received no offer of coverage for the entire month because he was still in an initial measurement or administrative period – 2D

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Line 16…common situations

Employee received no offer of coverage from the employer for the entire month but the employer was bound by a collective bargaining or similar agreement to make contributions to a union-affiliated health plan (that offers MV and affordable coverage to employees, and coverage to family members) on the employee’s behalf – 2E

The employee waived MV coverage but the price point, for e’ee-only coverage, was within one of the three affordability safe harbors – 2F, 2G, 2H

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The Details: Form 1095-C

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Line 16…Examples

Employer offers MV coverage to eligible employees and their spouses and children under a CY plan. The employee is an FTE and eligible for coverage the entire calendar year and enrolled (whether enrolled or not IS relevant for Line 16).

The employer charges the employee $95.28 per month for e’ee-only coverage under its only MV option, for all 12 months.

1E

95.28

2C

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The Details: Form 1095-C

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Line 16…Examples

Employer offers MV coverage to eligible employees and their spouses and children.

Employee joins the employer on March 10 as an FTE, and is offered coverage on June 1 (first of the month following 60 days) through the end of the year. She enrolls in the coverage.

1H 1H 1H 1H 1H 1E 1E 1E 1E 1E 1E 1E

Ignoring Line 15 for purposes of these examples

2A 2A 2D 2D 2D 2C 2C 2C 2C 2C 2C 2C

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The Details: Form 1095-C

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Line 16…Examples

Employer offers MV coverage to eligible employees and their spouses and children.

Employee is eligible and covered as an FTE January through May 12, when he terminates.

What if employer offered COBRA?

1E 1E 1E 1E 1H 1H 1H 1H 1H 1H 1H 1H

Ignoring Line 15 for purposes of these examples

2C 2C2C 2C 2B 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A

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The Details: Form 1095-C

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Line 16…Examples

Employer offers MV coverage to eligible employees and their spouses and children.

A variable hour employee joins the employer on July 10, 2014, completes an initial measurement period on July 9, 2015, and is offered and accepts coverage as an FTE effective August 1, 2015, through the end of the calendar year

1H 1H 1H 1H 1H 1H 1H 1E 1E 1E 1E 1E

Ignoring Line 15 for purposes of these examples

2D 2D2D 2D 2D 2D 2D 2C 2C 2C 2C 2C

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The Details: Form 1095-C

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Line 16…Examples

Employer offers MV coverage to eligible employees and their spouses and children.

Employee is an FTE and eligible and enrolled January through May, when he transfers to a bargaining unit; the employer is bound by a bargaining agreement to make contributions to a union-affiliated plan (that offers MV and family coverage) on the employee’s behalf, for June onward.

1E 1E 1E 1E 1E 1H 1H 1H 1H 1H 1H 1H

Ignoring Line 15 for purposes of these examples

2C 2C 2C 2C 2C 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E

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Line 16…Examples

Employer offers self-insured MEC coverage to hourly employees.

A part-time employee, who is not an FTE for even a single month during the year, enrolls in the self-insured MEC coverage for all or even part of the year.

Nothing goes on Lines 15 or 16

What if instead of a part-time employee, it was a COBRA beneficiary who was never an FTE during the year, but covered under the self-insured plan for at least some of the year?

Or a retiree. Or a partner. Or an outside director. Or an independent contractor.

1G

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The Details: Form 1095-C

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Line 16…Examples

Employer offers MV coverage to eligible employees and their spouses and children under a plan with a July 1 – June 30 PY.

Employee is eligible all calendar year. The employer charges $95.28/mo for the least expensive e’ee-only coverage offer supplying minimum value for the 2014-15 PY, and $110.50/mo for that coverage for the 2015-16 PY.

The employee waives coverage. The e’ee-only premium cost is within the W-2 affordability safe harbor.

1E

95.28 95.28 95.28 95.28 95.28 95.28 110.50 110.50 110.50 110.50 110.50 110.50

2F

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Line 16…Examples

Employer has a healthcare plan with a June 1 – May 31 plan year.

The employer qualifies for non-CY plan transition relief.

The employee is a long-standing FTE, but the employer doesn’t offer coverage to her until June 1. The coverage is MV coverage and the offer extends to the family as well.

The employee enrolls in the coverage June 1 and remains covered through the end of the year.

1H 1H 1H 1H 1H 1E 1E 1E 1E 1E 1E 1E

Ignoring Line 15 for purposes of these examples

2I 2I 2I 2I 2I 2C 2C 2C 2C 2C 2C 2C

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The Details: Form 1094-C

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The Details: Form 1094-C

Remember…

The primary purpose of the Form 1094-C is for employer to prove compliance with Tier 1 of the employer mandate…the ―aggregate obligation‖

It also serves as a ―transmittal form‖ to accompany the employer’s Forms 1095-C to the IRS

The employer must also identify other members of its controlled group/affiliated service group on Form 1094-C…inquiring IRS minds want to know!

The employer might also claim certain relief via the Form 1094-C

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The Details: Form 1094-C

Part I is mostly easy…

Line 18: How many 1095-Cs accompany this 1094-C?

Line 19: The employer can ―batch submit‖ its 1095-Cs…each batch must be accompanies by a 1094-C…but only one1094-C is completed beyond Part I

That 1094-C is the ―authoritative transmittal‖

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The Details: Form 1094-C

Line 20: Will typically be the same as Line 18

Line 21: Is the employer a member of a controlled or affiliated service group?

Line 22:

Boxes ―A‖ and ―B‖ will rarely be applicable…more trouble than they’re worth

Box ―C‖: Applies if claiming the ―50-99 FTE/FTEq‖ relief for 2015, OR you have at least 100 FTEs/FTEqs in your controlled or affiliated service group and your EIN triggered the Tier 1 nuclear penalty…most employers won’t check box C

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The Details: Form 1094-C

Line 22:

Box ―D‖: Check it if, disregarding employees in a limited non-assessment period, the employee offered MV and affordable coverage to at least 98% of FTEs, and at least MEC to the children

If the employer can check box ―D,‖ it can ignore column (b) in Part III…

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The Details: Form 1094-C

Part III…Tier 1 Compliance

Column (a)…did you offer at least MEC to at least 95% of your FTEs, and their children, for the entire month?

For 2015, check ―Yes‖ if you merely got to 70%

For 2015 you are deemed to have offered coverage to FTEs with respect to whom you claimed Codes 2E (multiemployer plan relief) or 2I (non-CY plan relief) on the Form 1095-C…even though you DIDN’T offer coverage to them

For 2015, if you didn’t offer coverage to dependent children but took steps toward implementing that coverage for 2016, you are deemed to have offered coverage to children for purposes of this calculation

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The Details: Form 1094-C

Part III…Tier 1 Compliance

Column (a)…did you offer at least MEC to at least 95% of your FTEs, and their children for the entire month?

DISREGARD, in running your calculations, employees in a ―limited non-assessment period‖

Month of hire, if hired other than on first of month

Waiting periods (for newly-hired FTEs, first three full calendar months of employment; initial measurement and administrative periods; etc.)

Although you can disregard them for THIS calculation,

they still might need a 1095-C

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The Details: Form 1094-C

Part III…Tier 1 Compliance

Column (b)…how many FTEs did you have, in your EIN?

DISREGARD, in running your calculations, employees in a ―limited non-assessment period,‖ just like under column (a)

You can SKIP this column (b) in its entirety if you checked box ―D‖ –―98% Offer Method‖ on Line 22

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The Details: Form 1094-C

Part III…Tier 1 Compliance

Column (c)…how many total employees did you have, in your EIN?

Here, you INCLUDE those employees you disregarded in columns (a) and (b)

Count as of one of four dates each month, but use the same one for all 12 months

First day of the month

Last day of the month

First day of first payroll period starting during the month

Last day of first payroll period starting during the month, but only if that day is in the same month that payroll period started

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The Details: Form 1094-C

Part III…Controlled Group/ Affiliated Service Group Disclosure

Column (d)…if checked ―Yes‖ on Line 21, indicate whether for all 12 months, or only some months, the employer was part of a controlled group or affiliated service group.

If so, identify them in Part IV.

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The Details: Form 1094-C

Part III…Claiming 50-99 FTE/FTEqTransition Relief, or Claiming “Free 80” for Not Satisfying Tier 1

Column (e)…if checked box ―C‖ on Line 22 because:

You’re claiming relief from the employer mandate for 2015 under the ―50-99 FTE/FTEq‖ rule, insert ―A‖ in this column

You failed Tier 1 of the employer mandate but are claiming the ―Free 80‖ in the penalty calculation, insert ―B‖ in this column

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The Details: Form 1094-C

Part IV…Identifying Controlled Group/Affiliated Service Group Members

List your controlled group or affiliated group members in descending order, starting with the member with the highest average monthly number of full-time employees, and ending with the member with the lowest monthly average.

If there are more than 30 members, use the 30 with the highest average monthly number of full-time employees.

Each entry must have a valid EIN.

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Submitting Forms 1095-C to the IRS Electronically

Through IRS’s AIR portal

Process is being finalized by IRS

Will involve application for credentials, transmission of credentials by IRS, test submissions, required file format

Specific details on this process in our upcoming ―Employer’s Guide to ACA Reporting‖

E-submission is one reason to consider a vendor

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Odds and Ends

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Odds and Ends

Mergers and acquisitions

Transfers between members of a controlled or affiliated service group

Transfers between divisions within the same employer (EIN)

COBRA offers and coverage – reduction in hours; when is the Qualifying Event? How to report?

COBRA offers and coverage – termination of employment

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Answer to Pop Quiz

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Pop Quiz – Who Gets What? Answer Key

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Employer is subject to the employer mandate (without regard to the 50-99 FTE/FTEq rule for 2015)

Employee is an FTE for at least a month, and waived coverage

Employee receives a Form 1095-C, Parts I and II from the employer

Employee is an FTE for at least a month, and covered by fully-insured coverage for at least day

Employee receives a Form 1095-C, Parts I and II from the employer, and a Form 1095-B from the insurer

Employee is an FTE for at least a month, and covered by self-insured coverage offered by the employer or an affiliate

Employee receives a Form 1095-C, Parts I, II and III from the employer

Employee is an FTE for at least a month, is not offered coverage by the employer, but is enrolled under a union-affiliated plan

Employee receives a Form 1095-C, Parts I and II from the employer, and a Form 1095-B from the union-affiliated plan

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Employer is subject to the employer mandate (without regard to the 50-99 FTE/FTEq rule for 2015)

Employee is not an FTE and receives self-insured coverage for at least a day

Employee receives Form 1095-C, Parts I and III, from the employer

Employee is not an FTE and receives fully-insured coverage for at least a day

Employee receives nothing from the employer, and a Form 1095-B from the insurer

Employee is not an FTE and is enrolled in no coverage offered by the employer

Employee receives nothing

BONUS QUESTION: Former employee is buying COBRA coverage all year (was not an employee for any part of the year)

Self-insured coverage: Employer supplies Form 1095-C, Parts I and III, or Form 1095-B

Fully-insured coverage: Employer supplies nothing, insurer supplies Form 1095-B

Pop Quiz – Who Gets What? Answer Key

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