So it has been months since the first post on this topic and you've all probably lost interest in it. But I am now faced with the issue. All the comments make some manner of sense but what about the fact that the employer is getting the deduction for the premiums? Should he/she be able to deduct a pension allocation against wages he didn't pay? Think of a plan that is stuffed up to the 25% limit - should that 3rd party pay really be included? And, if the insurer had reported the income it would not be an issue at all, but just because it was reported by the emplouer even though not paid by the employer it is? I could go either way on it. If a client points on 3rd party sick pay, I'd probably back it out. If it was there and I didn''t know it, I probably wouldn't care. So now I wonder if we should be asking for it to be broken out in our annual data requests.