February was a quiet month in the employee benefits world. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) updated its Questions and Answers about Information Reporting by Employers on Form 1094-C and Form 1095-C, its Questions and Answers on Information Reporting by Health Coverage Providers, and its Questions and Answers on Employer Shared Responsibility Provisions Under the Affordable Care Act. The IRS released its adjusted penalty amounts under the employer shared responsibility provisions for the 2018 calendar year. The IRS also released its Information Letter on COBRA HRA premium calculation. The IRS, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a proposed rule on short-term, limited-duration insurance.

The co-branded email and the Microsoft Word version can be downloaded from AdEase. Log in to AdEase from the Wisdom Network, then select Compliance > All Compliance - By Date to download.

• Click the Launch button for the email
• Complete the Edit Subject, Edit From Name, and Edit From Address fields
• Click Save and Continue in the upper right corner, then click OK
• In the "Customize Email and Send " dialog box, enter your email address in the "Test Email Addresses" window, then click the Send Test Email button.
• Click the red x in the dialog box to close the window.

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