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December 16, 2015 at 12:13 PM
Officials at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) are emphasizing in a major new batch of answers to employers’ Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) questions that employers can get relief from penalties if they mess up their first wave of 1095-C coverage reporting notices.
“Applicable large employers” (ALEs) are supposed to send current and former employees their 1095-C’s by Jan. 31, or get an extension and send the notices by the end of the extension period. ALEs that file electronically have until March 31 to get copies of the 1095-C’s, and a 1094-C summary sheet, to the IRS.
PPACA is supposed to impose stiff penalties on employers that violate the 1095-C requirements, but, in the real world, the IRS said back in 2014 that it will not impose penalties on employers that get the notices out on time and show they made a good faith effort to follow the rules, officials say in one of the 26 new PPACA answers in IRS Notice 2015-87.
Even if employers miss the 1095-C deadline, they can still get relief from penalties if they show they have a “reasonable cause,” under IRS rules, for getting the notices out late, officials said.
In other answers, IRS officials talk about matters such as how PPACA interacts with the rules governing cafeteria plans, health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) and flexible spending arrangements (FSAs).
See also: Is the stand-alone HRA making a comeback?
