Comments on: Good news: Feds nix COBRA reporting for ‘09

By: Josephine A

Josephine A — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:30:12 +0000

Not only must the separations be involuntary to qualify for the subsidy, but the separation also must be through no fault of the employee (i.e. lay offs). If the employee was involuntarily terminated for cause then he/she would not be eligible for the subsidy.

By: Andrea J

Andrea J — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:59:45 +0000

Janie,
Yes, the separations/terminations must be involuntary to qualify for the COBRA subsidy.

By: Janie

Janie — Mon, 18 May 2009 20:16:31 +0000

This only applied to “Involuntary” terminations, correct?

By: Laura

Laura — Mon, 11 May 2009 22:38:54 +0000

Nikkita,
Who ever administer’s your Cobra will have this information. They had to send out eligibility notices by April 18th, and employees have 60 days to complete the forms and return them to the company. YOU would only be required to know if you self-administered.

By: nikkita

nikkita — Mon, 11 May 2009 22:21:22 +0000

“Assistance eligible individual’s eligibility”… “confusion, blackout”!!! Please tell me this is info my TPA has or will be acquiring. I almost cried reading, let alone carrying out in my humble HR department of .

By: Gracie

Gracie — Mon, 11 May 2009 21:37:24 +0000

Michelle,

I value the HR Morning emails because I’ve received many a “heads-up” re: legislation changes and/or updates.

I was somewhat surprised by this article in terms of not requiring the w2/1099 but honestly wasn’t that surprised as I did question how on earth an employer was to provide a W2 or 1099 when the subsidy was given to a dependent of a former employee (i.e. s/he was never on our payroll).

But long-tory-short wanted to post a comment as I have found that the HR Morning emails give me a “flag” to keep an eye out for additional information re: issues such as this. They’ve usually been followed w/ further details, links, etc. from additional sources such as SHRM, IRS, DOL or my external counsel.

Just my two cents.

Gracie

By: Jim Giuliano

Jim Giuliano — Fri, 08 May 2009 13:09:52 +0000

Michele:
Announcements such as this one are made at the weekly IRS conference call attended by one of our reporters from HR Morning. The IRS does not necessarily follow up such announcements with info on the agency Web site. Nevertheless, the information is accurate. To verify, you can contact your local IRS office.

Jim Giuliano
Managing Editor
HR Morning

By: Michele

Michele — Fri, 08 May 2009 13:02:32 +0000

Can you please cite your sources when you post articles like this? I searched the IRS website and was unable to find any reference to W2 and 1099 reporting not being required. In an earlier article you said that the IRS was rejecting COBRA subsidies and I could not source that either so I posted it on a few message boards and did a Google search and still came up empty. I am beginning to doubt the credibility of the information I find on this website.