{"id":6373,"date":"2023-12-21T09:42:52","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T15:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/?post_type=insight&#038;p=6373"},"modified":"2023-12-21T09:54:04","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T15:54:04","slug":"w-2-reporting-issues-for-health-and-welfare-benefit-plans","status":"publish","type":"insight","link":"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/insight\/w-2-reporting-issues-for-health-and-welfare-benefit-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"W-2 Reporting Issues for Health and Welfare Benefit Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row row_style=&#8221;page-hero&#8221; full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221;][vc_column]\n\t<div class=\"hero hero--wrap    \">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"hero--background-image hero--background-image-blur\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hero--overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-background\" style=\"background: url(https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/caleb-perez-a6h5e59r15o-unsplash-3-scaled.jpg) center center no-repeat; background-size: cover;\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"hero--container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero--inner width-100\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n  <div class='content-heading  100%  '>\n    <p class='text-white subheading'>Employee Benefits<\/p>\n    <h1 class='text-white    '>\n      W-2 Reporting Issues for Health and Welfare Benefit Plans\n    <\/h1>\n\t\n  <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;]\n  <div class='content-heading  100% content-heading--ruled '>\n    \n    <h1 class='text-brand-dark-blue    h2'>\n      W-2 Reporting Issues for Health and Welfare Benefit Plans\n    <\/h1>\n\t\n  <\/div>[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"ql-block\" data-block-id=\"block-d5591db8-20b7-41c8-b127-3b7fd2ba1ada\">As employers begin gearing up for the upcoming W-2 deadline (employee W-2 earnings statements are due January 31, 2024), they should keep in mind certain health and welfare benefits-related information that must be included on the W-2 forms they provide their employees. 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