Affordable Care Act
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA), or colloquially as “Obamacare,” was signed into law in March of 2010 with the goal of increasing the quality and affordability of health insurance for millions of Americans.
While the Act’s employer shared responsibility payments will not apply until 2015, and in some cases, not until 2016, there are provisions and safe harbors to consider and decisions that can be made now that may help businesses, employees and a business’s bottom line. Further, there are many unintended consequences arising out of the ACA that business owners, both large and small, need to consider when administering health care arrangements.
We are carefully following the developments associated with the roll-out of ACA and are providing counsel to business owners and other professionals, helping them to address compliance issues, evaluate exposure to penalties and other tax issues as well as planning strategically for the future.
Affordable Care Act Articles
The Surprise Partner in Financing Your New Condominium Home: The Condominium Association
With the recent upswing in the housing market after enduring more than five years of the Great Recession, home buyers looking to buy a condominium have more than the size of their down payment and credit score to worry about. The condominium project and its...
Promises, Promises
The Missouri Court of Appeals recently considered whether an electrical contractor pleaded sufficient facts to establish that a “promise” was made by a general contractor to use the electrical company on a building project for St. Louis County. In its petition, the...
Taxicab Drivers Are Employees Under the Missouri Human Rights Act
The Missouri attorney general recently filed a complaint with the Missouri Commission on Human Rights (the "Commission") alleging that a taxicab company discriminated against a taxicab driver in violation of the Missouri Human Rights Act ("MHRA"). Specifically, the...
This Land Is My Land; This Land Is Your Land; Who Gets the Land?
Recently, the Missouri Court of Appeals had to decide the rightful owner of a 292-square-foot piece of land, aptly described as a “triangular sliver of property.” This involves a legal claim of adverse possession. In an otherwise tranquil subdivision, an existing...
