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Ask and Ask Again for SSNs

If You Don't Have SSNs, Keep Asking for Them

Many of the forms employers will have to file with the IRS early in 2016 ask for Social Security or taxpayer identification numbers -- not just of employees, but often of their dependents as well.

If employers don't provide these numbers, the IRS can..

Ask and Ask Again for SSNs

Penalties Double For ACA Filing Failures

Penalties Double For ACA Filing Failures

For failure to satisfy the complex filing requirements resulting from the Act () have just doubled. With filing deadlines approaching, should act..

Why You Can't Afford to Ignore The ACA

Why You Can't Afford to Ignore The ACA

Like all owners of businesses, the men and women who run construction companies had more than enough to do before the Affordable Care Act added one..

Reporting 2015 Coverage of

Reporting 2015 Coverage of "MV-lite" Plans

Some employers have used "lite" plans that offer very limited hospital and doctor benefits, yet technically satisfy the "minimum value" calculations..

Compliance Checklist for Employers

Compliance Checklist for Employers

A reference tool to help understand what is required for them to comply with the Act, and the timeline for compliance, has been prepared by the law..

Robert Sheen to Speak at NNAHU Expo

Robert Sheen to Speak at NNAHU Expo

Robert S. Sheen, Editor-in-Chief The Times and President First Capitol , Inc., will speak about the Act at the 2015 NNAHU Expo, May 13..

Accenture Sees Hypergrowth in Private Exchanges

Accenture Sees Hypergrowth in Private Exchanges

Theglobal firm Accenture says private exchanges, which enrolled 6 million people in 2014, will double that number next year and reach 40 million..

First Capitol Featured in Business Journal Article on ACA

First Capitol Featured in Business Journal Article on ACA

Companies with fewer than 100 employees who think they don’t have to worry about the Act until 2016 “missed the fine print,” says an article in the..

Article Provides a CEO’s Guide to Obamacare

Article Provides a CEO’s Guide to Obamacare

An article by TimesEditor-in-Chief Robert Sheen providing CEOs with a brief “Guide to ” has been published by CEO Magazine. The article is also..

Most Employers Not Ready for ACA Reporting

Most Employers Not Ready for ACA Reporting

Here we are, months into the first year when have to track and store data for the Act, and fewer than one company out five feels ready to do what..