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Your comprehensive resource for Affordable Care Act compliance guidance, updates, and best practices. Our ACA Reporter experts provide actionable insights to help businesses with 50+ employees navigate complex reporting requirements and maintain compliance. The Affordable Care Act introduced complex reporting requirements that continue to evolve, affecting businesses across industries. Our ACA Reporter content library provides the practical guidance you need to maintain compliance while minimizing administrative burden. ACA regulations, penalties, and reporting requirements change frequently. Our experts monitor these updates and translate them into actionable guidance for your business operations. Different industries face unique ACA compliance challenges, whether you're managing variable-hour employees in restaurants, healthcare workers with fluctuating schedules, or multi-location retail operations. Beyond theoretical compliance discussions, our articles provide step-by-step guidance for implementing ACA tracking systems, managing measurement periods, and preparing accurate 1095-C forms. Understanding ACA penalties and how to avoid them is crucial for business financial planning, and our content helps you identify potential compliance gaps before they become costly problems. Our comprehensive coverage includes measurement periods and stability periods management, variable hour employee tracking and classification, safe harbor provisions and affordability calculations, and multi-location considerations. We also address 1095-C preparation requirements, penalty calculations and avoidance strategies, plus integration guidance for payroll and HRIS systems.

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    For 2017 Tax Year - The IRS Is Issuing ACA Penalty Letter 5005-A

    For the 2017 tax year, the IRS is issuing Letter 5005-A, Information Return Penalty Notice Forms 1094-C or 1095-C,...

    The New 1095-C Codes for 2020 Explained

    The IRS requires Applicable Large Employers to report their employee’s health coverage information on Form 1095-C....

    Affordable Care Act and COVID-19: 2021 Premium Rate Changes

    Insurers must submit Affordable Care Act filings to state or federal regulators for the upcoming year. The rates were...

    ACA Penalties a Continued Focus for IRS

    The internal revenue service IRS announced to update their services on December 1, 2020. They declared to process...

    Payroll Records: What to Keep and for How Long

    Payroll Records: What to keep and how long to keep them Pay records hold the company’s payroll system information, such...

    2021 IRS Deadline: Stay ACA Compliant and Avoid IRS Penalties

    The Affordable Care Act requires Applicable Large Employers to file and furnish information to IRS and employees every...

    ACA Reporting Deadlines in 2020

    On December 2, the IRS extended the deadlines for submitting 1095-C or 1095-B forms from 31 Jan to March 2. The...

    The Affordable Care Act and VA health care coverage

    The Affordable Care Act (ACA) plays a vital role in expanding access to coverage. It is also the health care law and...

    Points North Given The Top Sales Award by ADP Marketplace for 2020

    ADP Marketplace's Sales Choice winner for 2020 We are happy to announce that Points North, a premier certified payroll...

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