Mandatory vs. voluntary benefits
Nowadays, offering employee benefits is pivotal to your company’s overall success. A robust benefits program improves retention and recruitment efforts, boosts …
How HR can support employees with disabilities
Sixty-one million adults1 in the United States live with a disability. However, many experience difficulty finding a job—even though the Americans with Disabili …
Guide to benefits reconciliation
Many employers heavily invest their resources into building robust benefits to recruit and retain talent. According to a Glassdoor survey1, those resources are …
How S-corp owners can deduct health insurance
Choosing an S-corporation to form your business comes with several impressive tax advantages. You don’t pay corporate income taxes, and your social security and …
What is ESG reporting?
There’s been a recent shift in capital markets and business where investors increasingly focus on areas like an organization’s sustainability and customer relat …
Does the ICHRA require a summary of benefits and coverage?
Since 2012, the federal government has required employers offering a group health plan to provide eligible participants with an easy-to-understand summary of a …
What you can—and can't—change mid-year in your ICHRA plan design
We’ve had thousands of conversations with organizational leaders interested in adopting the individual coverage HRA (ICHRA) over the last year and a half. One o …
ICHRA affordability and premium tax credits
Editors note: A newer, more detailed version of this blog post is available, called "The ICHRA and premium tax credits: What are the rules?" On June 13, 2019, t …
Medical Expenses Deductions Checklist
If you or your clients paid a lot for health care in the last year, many of those expenses could qualify as a deduction from your taxable income on Form 1040, S …
Top 25 health insurance companies in the U.S.
How to calculate modified adjusted gross income (MAGI)
How HSA contribution limits work for spouses
