Author: Tim Goodman

Tim Goodman works with employers on medical plans, retirement plans, executive compensation, and a wide range of benefits. Tim works with a broad array of employers, with a special focus on assisting cooperatives, agribusiness companies, hospitals and health care entities, banks and financial institutions, and Alaskan Native Corporations.Employers have Tim provide advice on health care reform (the ACA), wellness plans, and other welfare plan matters (ranging from cafeteria and health FSAs to severance and tuition plans). With respect to health care reform, Tim advises employers on the new fees (from the employer shared responsibility fee to the Cadillac tax), assists them in preparing for reporting on Form 1095-C, and explains the new requirements ranging from notice requirements to plan mandates.Tim recognizes the complex nature of the rules governing retirement plans and works with employers to review operations, address errors, and help employers maintain the tax-qualified status of their plans. Tim advises employers on qualified and nonqualified retirement plans (including defined benefit, 401(k), 403(b), 457(b), and 457(f) plans, and section 409A).

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Sample ADA Notice for Wellness Programs

The EEOC has published a sample notice intended to help employers comply with the notice requirement under the new Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) final rule (published on May 17, 2016). The final rule requires employers offering wellness programs that collect employee health information to...

Employer Stock Roundtable

We had a great client Dorsey Roundtable this morning to discuss employer stock in retirement plans. It’s been a few years now since the 2013 blockbuster opinion from the Supreme Court (back when they had 9 justices) in Fifth Third Bancorp v. Dudenhoeffer that gave...

IRS Notice 2016-4 — ACA Reporting Extension for Forms 1094 & 1095

IRS Notice 2016-4 makes for some happy reading. (IRS Notice 2016-4) Background. All Applicable Large Employers (those with 50 or more full time equivalent employees) must report on Form 1095 whether they offered affordable, minimum essential coverage at minimum value to employees (and their dependents) who...

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...