Investing in your employees with a Lifestyle Planning Account
Date: June 10, 2022
Topic: Benefit News
Promoting overall well-being for your employees does not stop with traditional group health plans and pre-tax savings qualified plans. As competition for the best talent increases, employers are looking for new and exciting ways to invest in their...
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Baker Tilly Vantagen and Walker Benefits combine their services
Date: June 1, 2022
Topic: Company News
The growth of one of the nation’s largest tax, advisory and assurance firms is bringing together two established, Pennsylvania-based employee benefits organizations. It was announced today that Walker Benefits and Baker Tilly Vantagen will combi...
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IRS Announces Inflation Increase To HSA Contribution Limits
Date: May 3, 2022
Topic: Benefits Administration, Benefits News
The IRS announced an increase to the maximum HSA contribution limits for the 2023 calendar year in Revenue Procedure 2022-24 The individual contribution limit has been raised from $3,650 to $3,850. The family contribution limit...
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The ACA from a provider’s point of view
Date: November 29, 2021
Topic: Company News
Register for Webinar Get your backstage pass to ACA success! Are your clients looking to you for Affordable Care Act (ACA) solutions? Do you wonder what is going on behind the scenes at some of the nation’s largest providers of ACA service...
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IRS Releases 2022 Benefit Plan Limits and Thresholds
Date: November 10, 2021
Topic: Benefit News
The IRS has just released the 2022 benefit plan limits and thresholds. Some items included in this release were announced earlier this year, including an increase to the annual HSA maximum contributions. Notable changes include an increase to Heal...
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ACA Penalties: The Heat is On!
Date: August 31, 2021
Topic: Benefit News, Health Care Reform
With the latest Supreme Court decision, the continued sun setting of good faith relief, and with no statute of limitation for employer penalty enforcement, more and more employers are feeling the heat that comes with the issuance of stiff, signifi...
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A Year in Review: Account Services and COBRA
Date: August 25, 2021
Topic: Company News
Each year, Baker Tilly Vantagen strives to improve the quality of all of our services. Year-over-year, our account based services take the cake when compared to industry leaders. In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic and the changing regulations th...
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Baker Tilly Vantagen Named a 2020 Circle of Excellence Partner by WEX
Date: June 4, 2021
Topic: Company News
Baker Tilly Vantagen has been named a 2020 Circle of Excellence Partner by the Health division of WEX, a leading financial technology service provider across a wide spectrum of sectors. The recognition was announced at WEX SPARK 2021, the Health d...
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NEWSFLASH! IRS ANNOUNCES INCREASE TO HSA CONTRIBUTION LIMITS
Date: May 13, 2021
Topic: Benefits Administration, Benefits News
The IRS announced an increase to the maximum HSA contribution limits for the 2022 calendar year in Revenue Procedure 2021-25. The individual contribution limit has been raised from $3,600 to $3,650. The family contribution limit has been raise...
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ARPA COBRA Premium Subsidy Model Notices Released by DOL
Date: April 8, 2021
Topic: Benefit News, Benefits Administration
The Department of Labor has released the highly anticipated FAQs and model notices for the COBRA Premium Subsidy enacted by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). We are actively reviewing these documents and measuring their impact on our ARPA COBRA...
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2021 Dependent Care FSA limit increase
Date: March 24, 2021
Topic: Benefits Administration, Benefits News, BeneTips
The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA), signed into law on March 11, 2021, permits employers to increase the annual limit on contributions to Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts. The new Dependent Care FSA annual limit for 2021 pr...
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COVID-19-Related COBRA Relief Update
Date: March 10, 2021
Topic: Benefits Administration, Benefits News
EBSA Relief Notice 2020-01 and the “Join Notice” regarding benefit plans, participants, and beneficiaries affected by the COVID-19 outbreak issued by the Department of Labor, the Department of the Treasury, and Internal Revenue Service provide...
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