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November 2023 Benefits Buzz: 2023 ACA reporting + more!

The IRS released the final 2023 forms and instructions for reporting under Internal Revenue Code Sections 6055 and 6056: 2023 Forms 1094-B and 1095-B (and instructions ) will be used by those offering minimum essential coverage, including self-insured plan sponsors that are not applicable to large employers, to report under Section 6055. 2023 Forms 1094-C and 1095-C (and instructions ) will be used by applicable large employers to report under Section 6056, as well as for combined Section 6055 and 6056 reporting by ALEs that sponsor self-insured plans. No major substantive changes were made to the final forms and instructions for 2023 reporting. However, the 2023 instructions include information on the new electronic filing threshold for information returns required to be filed on or after Jan. 1, 2024, which has been decreased to 10 or more returns (originally, the threshold was 250 or more returns). Employers should become familiar with these forms and instructions for 2023 calen