The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) March 29 issued interim guidance on a provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that will require employers to report the cost of coverage under an employer-sponsored group health plan on each employee’s W-2 form. The reporting becomes mandatory in 2012 and will have to be included on 2012 W-2 forms.
The Guidance covers how to report the information, what coverage to include and how to determine the cost of the coverage. The IRS stressed that the reporting to employees is to inform them of the cost of their health coverage and the amounts reportable are not taxable.
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