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A cafeteria plan - also known as a Section 125 plan, after the portion of the IRS code that regulates the plans - lets employees redirect part of their salaries and wages to pay for certain benefits.
A cafeteria plan or cafeteria system is a type of employee benefit plan offered in the United States pursuant to Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code. [1] Its name comes from the earliest versions of such plans, which allowed employees to choose between different types of benefits, similar to the ability of a customer to choose among available items in a cafeteria.
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act amended Section 125 [7] such that FSAs may not allow employees to choose an annual election in excess of a limit determined by the Internal Revenue Service. [8] The annual limit was $2,500 for the first plan year beginning after December 31, 2012. [9]
The surcharge is applied when an employer does not arrange for a pre-tax payroll deduction system for health insurance (a Section 125 plan, or a "cafeteria plan"), and has employees who receive care that is paid from the uncompensated care pool, renamed in October 2007 as the Health Safety Net. [30]
If an employer makes deposits to such a plan on behalf of its employees, all employees must be treated equally, which is known as the non-discrimination rules. If contributions are made by a Section 125 plan, nondiscrimination rules do not apply. Employers may treat full-time and part-time employees differently, and employers may treat ...
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The employee pays the remaining fraction of the premium, usually with pre-tax/tax-exempt earnings. These percentages have been stable since 1999. [73] Health benefits provided by employers are also tax-favored: Employee contributions can be made on a pre-tax basis if the employer offers the benefits through a section 125 cafeteria plan.