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IRS Issues Guidance Related to Taxability of Wellness Indemnity Plan Payments
SIMERPU recap and commentary: Mardy Gould
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Quick recap
Summarizes CCA 202323006, including monthly payments and unreimbursed-expense limitations, and urges employers to review withholding and reporting practices.
SIMERPU’s viewpoint
The bulletin makes withholding and reporting part of the practical response to CCA 202323006. SIMERPU would connect those duties to the records produced by the administrator and the explanation given to employees. A review is more useful when it shows how the conclusions affect routine operations.
What this source contributes
The bulletin links the CCA’s payment analysis to routine withholding and reporting work.
What remains unanswered
The actual records and responsibilities of the employer’s administrator and payroll team must be identified.
Mardy Gould’s take
I would ask how the conclusion travels from the adviser’s memo into the payroll process. What data is provided, who approves the treatment and what is explained to employees? The employer needs an operating answer as well as a technical explanation, particularly when payments recur every month.
Questions I would bring to the conversation
1. Who determines and communicates the payment treatment?
2. What supporting records reach payroll?
3. How are employees informed about reporting or corrections?
Mardy Gould · Co-Founder, SIMERPU →
What would change our assessment?
Clear responsibilities and a process consistent with the actual policy and expense facts would improve the implementation assessment.
Read the original source
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Original Author: Innovative Benefit Planning (no individual byline)
Publisher: Innovative Benefit Planning
Original Publication Date: 2023-07-13
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CCA 202323006 — Tax Treatment of Employer-Funded, Insured, Fixed-Indemnity Wellness Policy
IRS Office of Chief Counsel
Source position: Neutral / explanatory
Read the primary memorandum behind the bulletin.
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CCA 201703013 — Tax Treatment of Benefits Paid by Fixed-Indemnity Health Plans
IRS Office of Chief Counsel
Source position: Neutral / explanatory
Compare earlier funding scenarios.
Read the SIMERPU recap →
Short-Term, Limited-Duration Insurance and Independent, Noncoordinated Excepted Benefits Coverage
Federal Register
Source position: Neutral / explanatory
Place the reporting discussion alongside later rulemaking context.
Read the SIMERPU recap →
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About this source
Original Updated Date: Not stated
Source Type: Benefits consultant / administrator
Model Discussed: Employer-funded fixed indemnity wellness payments
Position: Neutral / explanatory
Period: Recent — 2023–2026
Retrieved: October 31, 2026
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