Taxable Benefits and the IRS

Certain benefits may be taxed if you become disabled, depending on how the premiums were paid during the year of the disabling event. Payments, such as disability, from coverages purchased with pretax premiums and/or nontaxable employer credits, will be subject to...

Social Security

Social Security consists of two tax components: the FICA or OASDI component (the tax for old-age, survivors’ and disability insurance) and the Medicare component. A separate maximum wage to which the tax is assessed applies to both tax components. There is no maximum...

Life Insurance Premiums and the IRS

According to IRS regulations, you can pay premiums on a pretax basis for the first $50,000 of life insurance coverage under a group term life insurance, a group term life insurance plan, covering your life. However, you must pay tax on such coverage exceeding...

Notice of FBMC’s Capacity

FBMC Benefits Management, Inc. (FBMC) has been authorized by your employer to provide certain administrative services for some the insurance plans offered within your employer’s benefit program. Importantly, FBMC is not the policyholder or an insurance company. The...