Compliance Alert: ACA Affordability Safe Harbors: A Primer
… recognized this challenge and created three safe harbors for employers to determine whether they have offered affordable coverage. An employer has the option to choose any of the three affordability safe harbors as long as it applies the safe harbor consistently and uniformly to all employees in an acceptable category. The IRS has stated that acceptable classes include specified job classifications, hourly vs. salaried, geographic location or any other legitimate business criteria. Listing employees by name is not an acceptable classification. An employer is not forever locked into a safe harbor; it may choose a different safe harbor in the
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