Today, December 28th, 2015, the Internal Revenue Service issued Notice 2016-4, which extends the due dates for 2015 Information Reporting under I.R.C. sec 6055 and 6056, which includes the 1095-B and C forms and the 1095-B and C forms.
This is great news for the many employers faced with the new filing requirements of these forms, and provides them with additional time to get their information together. The extended due date to issue the 1095-B or 1095-C forms to full-time employees has been extended from February 1st, 2016 to March 31st, 2016, as well as an extension of filing the forms to the IRS from February 29th, 2016 to May 31st, 2016 (June 30th, 2016 for those companies filing electronically).
