IRS rejecting some COBRA reimbursement requests
April 27, 2009 by Kerry IsbergPosted in: COBRA, Employment law, Health care, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Money
There’s a chance your request for reimbursement (on Form 941) of your COBRA subsidy could get bounced back by Feds.
A new notice from the Internal Revenue Service, CP 269C, is being sent to certain employers explaining that examiners are “reviewing” the claim and temporarily freezing the reimbursement.
So who gets picked for the notice and why? Employers whose 941’s tripped IRS’s “processing filters.”
Although IRS hasn’t said what sorts of errors could cause a notice to be sent, it did say that employers who receive a CP 269C don’t have to do anything until they’ve been contacted directly by an IRS examiner (usually within 30 days). At that time, the company will be asked to provide any additional info needed.
IRS will also send notices to reporting agents who are authorized to receive copies of their clients’ notices.
Tags: COBRA, CP 269C, Form 941, internal revenue service, IRS
May 4th, 2009 at 9:55 am
Well, well, well,
Does this surprise anyone? I mean first they ask the employer to give a 3 to 6 month loan interest free, and now they have thought up new ways to tie up the reimbursement…….
May 4th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
First they push this on the employers to not only decide who qualifies for the subsidy and front the money, now you have to jump through hoops to get reimbursed.
When will this administration stop pushing and make informed decisions that make sense! Sorry I forgot this is how is has always worked.
July 23rd, 2009 at 11:14 am
What qualifies an individual for COBRA or disqualifies them? Do dependents who are in college but past age mark qualify?