J.K. Lasser's Small Business Taxes 2022

CHAPTER 19Medical Coverage

1. Health Care Mandates
2. Deducting Medical Insurance for Covering Employees
3. Deducting Health Coverage for Self-Employed Persons and More-Than-2% S Corporation Shareholders
4. Using Reimbursement Plans
5. Tax Credit for Contributions to Employee Health Coverage
6. Shifting the Cost of Coverage to Employees
7. Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)
8. Archer Medical Savings Accounts (MSAs)
9. COBRA Coverage
10. Wellness Programs
11. Reporting Health Coverage on W-2s
12. Glossary of Terms for Health Coverage

The pandemic was still a fact of life in 2021, with individuals and businesses across the United States impacted directly or indirectly by COVID-19. Under federal law, health insurance plans and insurers must cover the cost of certain items and services related to diagnostic testing for COVID-19 furnished on or after March 18, 2020, and during the applicable emergency period, which has yet to end. This must be done without any cost-sharing (no co-payments or deductibles). But the pandemic is not the only medical issue faced by many people in 2021.

Medical coverage is an expensive personal expense for most people. So, for many, a job that provides medical coverage offers an important benefit. For the small business owner there is often a need to obtain personal coverage. It may also be good business practice to offer medical coverage as a fringe benefit to attract and keep good employees. A write-off of all or a portion of the cost of medical coverage is a significant cost-saving ...