Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Delay on Employer Healthcare Penalty


The Affordable Care Act contains legislation that requires employers with over 50 employees to provide health insurance to employees that work more than 30 hours a week. The due date for this provision was originally in 2014, but has now been pushed back to 2015. The Department of the Treasury announced the delay in a blog post on July 2nd, 2013, which is linked below.


The IRS made the postponement of the legislation official on Tuesday, July 9th.


We have also found some articles regarding the delay and the possible effects it could have.



What do you think about the Employer Healthcare Penalty? Let us know in the comments.