Author: Bob Seng

With plenty of experience in private practice and as an Assistant General Counsel for Pay & Benefits in a Fortune 50 Company, Bob understands that employee benefits law isn’t for everyone. That’s why he takes pride in listening carefully and responding with clear answers and advice that can be followed by busy clients.

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ACA Reporting — what happens when we guess. (ScreenCast 04)

Summary.  In today’s ScreenCast 04 we  address some of the reporting and compliance problems that arise when employers aren’t quite ready to identify all of their ACA full time employees. Background Some employers are pretty sure they will satisfy the 70% test required under ACA Employer Shared Responsibility rules for 2015....

Monday Morning Reading

Some recent developments worth noting. Stay tuned this week for another ScreenCast or two on ACA Reporting. Here are the first three:  (defining the employer) (ACA Reporting Questions) (ACA Reporting Q&A / EINs) There are a lot of ways to think about ERISA and severance...

ACA Reporting Q&A – EINs (ScreenCast 03)

Question: We have a controlled group with lots of employees. Somehow we are able to use the same EIN on paychecks for every employee regardless of which entity employs them. Can I use this single EIN for all of my ACA reporting? Answer: No. You might...

ACA Reporting Questions (ScreenCast 02)

Broken link fixed. Here’s our most recent ACA Reporting ScreenCast. Here we identify some of the questions that are coming up, mostly from employers who offer enrollment to groups that are broader than what is required by ACA.

Monday Morning Reading

Minnesota weekends in July are best spent near one of our 10,000 lakes. Mine was on Upper Pine near Rutledge, Minnesota (population 229).  Not bad. Some catching up on recent developments: Growing bipartisan interest in getting rid of the 40% excise tax on high cost plans (aka:...

ACA Reporting Deck

Here’s a copy of the deck used in our ACA Reporting Seminar. I’m happy to say that pages 9 and 21 contain my first-ever broadly published artwork. Video playback of the seminar can be found here. And Liz Deckman and Bob Seng’s short video-slideshow explaining...

ACA Reporting Seminar (Video)

Here’s a full length video of our July 13 ACA Reporting Seminar.  Introductions & Background (NOTE: Begins at 00:02:53) Agenda for Webinar (NOTE: Begins at 00:15:33) Workflow and Administration (NOTE: Begins at 00:17:28) 1094-C & Applicable Large Employers (About IRS Form 1094-C) (NOTE: Begins at...

Bob Seng discusses King v. Burwell in the StarTribune

In his recent Op-Ed piece in the StarTribune Bob Seng encourages Congress to get to the hard work of making ACA more friendly to employers.  That includes: Simplifying ACA reporting rules. Make changes to allow for defined contribution-style health care plans. Simplified and revised rules...