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Is SIMERP Legal? A Comprehensive Guide to Compliance, IRS Rules, and Employer Responsibilities
SIMERPU recap and commentary: Mardy Gould
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Quick recap
Adviser argues SIMERP can comply when properly documented and administered. Discusses medical expenses, employer responsibilities and diligence before implementation.
SIMERPU’s viewpoint
The adviser’s supportive position emphasizes documentation, administration and employer responsibility. SIMERPU would use those conditions to turn a general statement about compliance into a specific review agenda. The value of the argument lies in explaining what proper implementation requires for the employer considering it.
What this source contributes
The supportive argument makes documentation and administration conditions of the claimed compliance position.
What remains unanswered
The employer needs to know what those conditions require in its own documents and daily operations.
Mardy Gould’s take
I would turn the article’s conditions into an implementation agenda. What must be documented, who administers it and what evidence shows the process works? A supportive explanation is most useful when it helps the employer understand the work required to deliver the benefits and maintain the structure being described.
Questions I would bring to the conversation
1. What does proper documentation mean for this proposal?
2. Who performs each required administrative step?
3. How is the actual payment process checked against the analysis?
Mardy Gould · Co-Founder, SIMERPU →
What would change our assessment?
Employer-specific documents and evidence that operations satisfy the stated conditions would strengthen the argument’s practical application.
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Original Author: Kevin Jerry, MST
Publisher: Kevin A. Jerry / KAJMST
Original Publication Date: 2026-04-14
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26 CFR §1.105-2 — Amounts expended for medical care
eCFR / Office of the Federal Register
Source position: Neutral / explanatory
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Source position: Supportive
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About this source
Original Updated Date: Not stated
Source Type: Vendor / adviser marketing or advocacy
Model Discussed: Self-Insured Medical Expense Reimbursement Plan (SIMERP)
Position: Supportive
Period: Recent — 2023–2026
Retrieved: October 31, 2026
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