Tip Tuesday!. . . Better Not Cry; Better Not Use a Three Month Measurement Period, We’re Tellin’ You Why

By R. Pepper Crutcher, Jr.

The preamble to the IRS Employer Shared Responsibility Cost final rules said, “Under the look-back measurement method for ongoing employees, an applicable large employer member determines each ongoing employee’s full-time employee status by looking back at a standard measurement period of at least three months but not more than 12 months, as determined by the employer.”  79 Fed. Reg. 8,554 (Feb. 12, 2014).  Addressing comments about the three month measurement period, the preamble further said:

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