One of the requirements of the Affordable Care Act for a health insurance plan an employer offers their employees is that it meets the minimum value standard. If an employer plan fails to meet the minimum value standard, a large employer (50 or more full time employees) will be assessed a penalty.
The minimum value standard is met if the employer's plan pays 60% or more of the plan's share of the total allowed costs of the benefits provided under the plan.
Minimum value is calculated by dividing the anticipated covered medical spending of essential health benefits (EHB) coverage (for the population covered by a typical self-insured group health plan) by the total anticipated allowed charges for EHB coverage for a typical self-insured group health plan population.
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Click here to read the entire CrossLink Tax Update about the Employer Minimum Value Standard for Employer Health Insurance Plans.
Note: Modernized e-File (MeF) Scheduled Downtime - June 2013
This is a reminder that due to the current budget situation, the IRS plans to be closed on June 14, July 5, July 22 and August 30. The MeF system (Production and ATS) will not be available from 10:00 pm ET of the prior day until 9:00 am ET of the following day on these dates. For example, when the closure falls on a Friday, the system will be unavailable from 10:00 pm ET on Thursday until 9:00 am ET on Saturday.
MeF Production & ATS Downtime:
Shutdown is scheduled to begin on
Thursday, June 13, 2013 at 10:00 pm ET and end at 9:00 am ET on Saturday, June 15, 2013.
