Form W-2 Reporting & Compliance

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What is Form W-2 Reporting?

ACA requires employers to report the aggregate cost of employer-sponsored group health plan coverage on their employees’ Forms W-2. The purpose of the Form W-2 reporting requirement is to provide information to employees regarding how much their health coverage costs.

In general, all employers that provide “applicable employer-sponsored coverage” must comply with the Form W-2 reporting requirement. Applicable employer-sponsored coverage is, with respect to an employee, coverage under any group health plan made available to the employee by the employer which is excludable from the employee’s gross income under Code section 106.

The Form W-2 reporting requirement is optional for small employers for 2012 and 2013. Small employers will continue to be exempt from the reporting requirement for later years, unless and until the IRS issues further guidance. An employer is considered a small employer if it had to file fewer than 250 Forms W-2 for the prior calendar year.
Large employers (those that file 250 or more Forms W-2) were required to comply with the reporting requirement beginning in 2012 for the Forms W-2 that were due by the end of January 2013.