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Internal Revenue Service via BenefitsLink
Sept. 22, 2011
[The IRS will] amend the existing regulations under section 6050W to expressly provide that an insurance company or an affiliate administering a self-insured arrangement on behalf of an employer or other entity on a cost-plus basis, or under an Administrative Services Only (ASO) plan or an Administrative Services Contract (ASC) plan, will not be treated as a third party settlement organization.
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Internal Revenue Service via BenefitsLink
Dec. 11, 2011
This notice is effective for (1) deductible transportation expenses paid or incurred on or after January 1, 2012, and (2) mileage allowances or reimbursements paid to an employee or to a charitable volunteer (a) on or after January 1, 2012, and (b) for transportation expenses the employee or charitable volunteer pays or incurs on or after January 1, 2012.
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Internal Revenue Service via BenefitsLink
Sept. 15, 2011
This notice provides guidance on the tax treatment of cellular telephones or other similar telecommunications equipment (hereinafter collectively 'cell phones') that employers provide to their employees primarily for noncompensatory business purposes.
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Internal Revenue Service via BenefitsLink
Sept. 15, 2011
The purpose of this memorandum is to provide audit guidance to examiners regarding employers that reimburse their employees for the business use of an employee's personal cell phone. This document is not intended to be a technical position, but to provide guidance to examiners who encounter this issue.
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Internal Revenue Service via BenefitsLink
Mar. 29, 2011
This notice provides interim guidance that generally applies beginning with 2012 Forms W-2 (that is, the forms required for the calendar year 2012 that employers generally are required to furnish to employees in January 2013 and then file with the Social Security Administration ...).
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Deloitte via BenefitsLink
May 27, 2009
Excerpt: The Internal Revenue Service ruled that an employee's one-time irrevocable election to waive future retiree medical benefits in favor of increased pay did not cause the employee to be in constructive receipt of income under Internal Revenue Code ? 451. IRS Private Letter Ruling 200914018 (Released 4/3/2009).
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Deloitte via BenefitsLink
July 17, 2008
Excerpt: IRS Office of Chief Counsel issued an Advice Memorandum concluding that the Service is not entitled to exercise a taxpayer's right to suspend membership in a state retirement fund in order to obtain immediate distribution where the taxpayer has not reached retirement age. Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service, Memorandum No. 200819001, Released May 9, 2008.
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Deloitte via BenefitsLink
Jan. 6, 2010
Excerpt: Always of interest are the priority items the key regulatory agencies - the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Labor, and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation - have targeted for completion in the coming months. IRS and DOL both are concerned with lifetime income from defined contribution plans, and with guidance under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008. The PBGC is focused on regulations concerning reportable events and statutory hybrid plans, among others.
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Deloitte via BenefitsLink
June 9, 2009
Excerpt: In the first Semiannual Regulatory Agenda released during the Obama Administration, the Department of Labor and the Internal Revenue Service list their priorities for the coming year.
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Deloitte via BenefitsLink
May 12, 2009
Excerpt: Responding to requests from plan sponsors for more time to decide whether to freeze their multiemployer plan's funding status under IRC ? 432, the Internal Revenue Service extended the election deadline from April 30 to June 30. Moreover, where the decision requires arbitration, the IRS will accept a timely contingent election that can be revoked later if the arbitration results in a decision not to freeze.
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