While there have been audits since 2012, it is now growing
as we move into the need for revenue generation from the various forms of
penalty noncompliance. With more
agencies now doing audits; Department of Labor, Department of Health and Human
Services, and the big gun Internal Revenue Service your chances are growing of
having an audit.
Agencies are making it easier for people to file complaints
with agencies on line, and with all the forms being reviewed it is making it
easier to be an audit target. There are
significant penalties for both small and large businesses. Self-reporting on the various forms is making
it difficult for employers and giving the agencies an opportunity to have
information to look at doing an audit.
Also cross fertilization from one agency to another can lead to audit uncovering a problem covered by different
agency.
KNOW the ENFORCEMENT ZONES
DOL
·
ACA
·
Erisa including Form 550, Plan documents, and
summary plan descriptions
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HIPPA
HHS
·
Summary of benefits coverage
·
HIPPA privacy, security, and breach of
notification rules
·
Medicare secondary payer through CMS
IRS
·
ACA including reporting
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Misclassification of employees as independent contractors
·
COBA
·
Employee benefit related tax issues, such as
group term life insurance, valuation.
Cafeteria plan operations, and discrimination testing duties
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
·
Americans with Disabilities Act
·
Age Discrimination in Employment Act
Genetic Information
