- Pay or play penalties apply to employers with 100 or more full-time equivalent employees in 2015, and 50 or more full-time equivalent employees in 2016 and beyond.
- For these employers, pay or play penalties are assessed if the employer does not offer compliant coverage to 70% of full-time employees in 2015 and 95% of full-time employees thereafter.
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Even though the penalties only apply if there are 100 or more employees for 2015, employers with 50 or more full-time equivalent employees are required to report for 2015. Also note this reporting is required even if the employer does not maintain any health plan. |
Employers that provide self-funded group health coverage also have reporting obligations, to allow the government to administer the “individual mandate” which results in a tax on individuals who do not maintain health coverage.
These reporting obligations will be difficult for most employers to implement. Penalties for non-compliance are high, so employers need to begin work now to plan how they will track and file the required information.
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For more information on the required reporting under health reform rules, please contact Alison M. Stemler on Frost Brown Todd’s Employee Benefits Law Service Team.