Webinar: Best Practices for Handling IRS ACA Penalty Letters - Bim Group

Webinar: Best Practices for Handling IRS ACA Penalty Letters

Tuesday, September 14, 2021
2:00 p.m. ET / 11:00 a.m. PT

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The Affordable Care Act requires that applicable large employers (ALEs) provide minimum essential coverage to eligible employees, which is enforced by the IRS based on information reported in IRS Forms 1094 and 1095. In response to Form filings, the IRS may issue Letter 226J, which is an initial penalty letter assessing liability for the Employer Shared Responsibility Payment (ESRP). The IRS may also issue the penalty letter based on the number of Forms W-2 filed with the IRS and the absence of Forms 1094 and 1095 on file.

This webinar will address the best practice for responding to ACA penalty letters, including:

  • How to respond to an IRS penalty letter
  • Completing Response Form 14764
  • Requesting extensions
  • Amending IRS Forms 1094 and 1095
  • Penalty calculations
  • Challenging penalty calculations
  • Completing Form 14765 (PTC Listing)

This 60-minute intermediate-level webinar will help employers understand how to effectively handle ESRP penalty letters to limit liability for excessive penalties.

Register today while seating is still available.

NOTE: If you would like to view the webinar but are not able to attend, we encourage you to still register as you normally would. All registrants will receive a replay and copy of the presentation afterwards. 

If you are a Bim Group client and missed the client-specific invitation, please email info@bimgroup.us with the CLIENT NAME in the subject line to have the preferred employer code emailed to you.

 


PRESENTER

Carl Pilger is of counsel in the Atlanta office of Fisher Phillips and a member of the firm’s Employee Benefits Practice Group. He advises clients with respect to all aspects of employee benefits and executive compensation, with an emphasis on health and other welfare benefit plans, cafeteria plans, consumer-driven health care options, and employee wellness programs.

He has extensive experience advising clients on the complexities of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act including challenging IRS shared responsibility payments. He also advises employers on compliance issues involving the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and various other federal and state benefits compliance matters.

Carl joined the firm in its Atlanta office in 1994 and then rejoined the firm in 2021 following nearly a decade of educating and counseling clients on employee benefits compliance issues for two insurance brokerage firms. Prior to that, he practiced in the employee benefits groups at two full-service, regional law firms and served as in-house ERISA counsel for a national credit card processor.

 

This series is brought to you by your Partner Firm of United Benefit Advisors — the nation’s leading independent employee benefits advisory organization with more than 200 Partner offices in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.

 

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