Our company pays 100% of premiums for our employees. Therefore, I have had payroll calculations setup for EE, EE+Spouse, EE + Dependents, and Family. These are all based on a rate per pay period.
We have a new employee that we are only paying for him and his spouse. He will pay the difference for family plan. I have setup a new calculation that is an employee deduction not subject to any of the income taxes or payroll taxes. Can someone confirm this is correct regarding the pre-tax deduction setup?
Also, when researching this, I noted that when the employer pays health insurance premiums for the S-Corp owners (over 2%), these should be reported as wages and then the owners can take a SE Health ins deduction on their 1040. We have not been doing this and I confirmed they have not been taking the deduction on 1040s. I feel like this would be more beneficial. In order to include this cost in owner wages, would I need to setup a new payroll calculation that is similar to the health insurance calculation (family) and include it as wages subject to all payroll and income taxes?
Thanks,